Glaciation and deglaciation of the SW Lake District, England: implications of cosmogenic 36Cl exposure dating

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a   Stone, John O ^b   Fifield, L Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic 36Cl; Deglaciation chronology; Periglacial trimlines; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BEDROCK; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST ICE SHEET; LOCH LOMOND STADIAL; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; RHYOLITE; ROCKFALL;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71649093590     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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