Cosmogenic 110Be chronology of the last deglaciation of western Ireland, and implications for sensitivity of the Irish ice sheet to climate change

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Clark, Jorie ^a   McCabe, A Marshall ^a   Schnabel, Christoph ^b   Clark, Peter U ^c   McCarron, Stephen ^d   Freeman, Stewart P H T ^e   Maden, C ^e   Xu, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic dating; Geochronology; Glacial geology; Irish Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE GROUPS; COSMOGENIC DATING; DEGLACIATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; ICE SHEET; ICE SURFACES; IRELAND; IRISH ICE SHEET; IRISH SEA; MEAN AGES; STANDARD ERRORS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; SURFACE EXPOSURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST DEGLACIATION; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; IRISH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949177160     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26288.1     Document Type: Article

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