First attempt to combine terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (10Be) and Schmidt hammer relative-age dating: Strauchon Glacier, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-290

  Winkler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glacier chronology; Holocene; New Zealand; Schmidt hammer; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449086492     PISSN: 18961517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10085-009-0026-3     Document Type: Article

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