Schmidt hammer exposure-age dating: Developing linear age-calibration curves using Holocene bedrock surfaces from the Jotunheimen-Jostedalsbreen regions of southern Norway

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Matthews, John A ^a   Owen, Geraint ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BEDROCK; CALIBRATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE;

JOSTEDALSBREEN; JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 77953881538     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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