Periglacial climate at the 2.5 Ma onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation inferred from the Whippoorwill Formation, northern Missouri, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-161

  Rovey, Charles W ^a   Balco, Greg ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be; 26Al; Burial dating; Cosmogenic nuclides; Gelifluction; Gelisols; Laurentide ice sheet; Missouri; Periglacial processes

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; CRYOTURBATION; DIAMICTON; EROSION RATE; FROZEN GROUND; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MATUYAMA CHRON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; REGOLITH; SOIL PROFILE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70849136583     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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