Middle Pleistocene glaciation in Patagonia dated by cosmogenic-nuclide measurements on outwash gravels

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 184-197

  Hein, Andrew S ^a   Hulton, Nicholas R J ^a   Dunai, Tibor J ^a   Schnabel, Christoph ^b   Kaplan, Michael R ^c   Naylor, Mark ^a   Xu, Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

beryllium 10; cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating; glacial chronology; Last Glacial Maximum; Marine Isotope Stage 8; southern South America

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 8; SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BERYLLIUM; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITS; EROSION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; GRAVEL; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; OUTWASH; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69549123885     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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