Deglaciation and weathering of larsemann hills, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-382

  Kiernan, Kevin ^a   Gore, Damian B ^b   Fink, David ^c   White, Duanne A ^b   McConnell, Anne ^a   Sigurdsson, Ingvar A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d South Iceland Nature Centre   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Broknes; Cosmogenic nuclide exposure age; Mumiyo; Salt geochemistry; Stornes

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; WEATHERING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

EID: 68349152820     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009002028     Document Type: Article

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