Moraine pebbles and boulders yield indistinguishable 10Be ages: A case study from Colorado, USA

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-305

  Briner, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be; Cosmogenic exposure dating; Glaciation; Moraine; Pinedale

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GLACIATION; MORAINE; PEBBLE;

ARKANSAS BASIN; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349239679     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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