New 10be cosmogenic ages from the vimmerby moraine confirm the timing of scandinavian ice sheet deglaciation in southern Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Johnsen, Timothy F ^a   Alexanderson, Helena ^a,b   Fabel, Derek ^c   Freeman, Stewart P H T ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; ScandinavianIce Sheet; South Swedish Upland; Sweden; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (10Be) exposure dating; Vimmerby moraine

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL REBOUND; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; MORAINE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67049136180     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2009.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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