Combined use of relative and absolute dating techniques for detecting signals of Alpine landscape evolution during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 48-66

  Favilli, Filippo ^a   Egli, Markus ^a   Brandova, Dagmar ^a   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^a,b   Kubik, Peter ^b   Cherubini, Paolo ^c   Mirabella, Aldo ^d   Sartori, Giacomo ^e   Giaccai, Daniele ^d   Haeberli, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d CRA ISSDS   (Italy)

^e MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

10Be; 14C; Clay minerals; Deglaciation; Soil organic matter; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERAL; DEGLACIATION; DETECTION METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; PLEISTOCENE; PODZOLIZATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SIGNAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 69749097395     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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