Cosmogenic isotope (36Cl) surface exposure dating of the Norber erratics, Yorkshire Dales: Further constraints on the timing of the LGM deglaciation in Britain

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Vincent, Peter J ^a   Wilson, Peter ^b   Lord, Tom C ^a,c   Schnabel, Christoph ^d   Wilcken, Klaus M ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Lower Winskill   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotope (36Cl) surface exposure dating; Deglaciation; Heinrich event 1; Landscape colonisation; Last Glacial Maximum; Limestone dissolution rates; Norber erratics; Northwest England; Yorkshire Dales National Park

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; DISSOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; ERRATIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; LIMESTONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77952268211     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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