Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al exposure ages of moraines in the Rakaia Valley, New Zealand and the nature of the last termination in New Zealand glacial systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 558-566

  Shulmeister, James ^a   Fink, David ^b   Hyatt, Olivia M ^c   Thackray, Glenn D ^d   Rother, Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic dating; Deglaciation; Glacial geology; Glacial lakes; LGM; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC DATING; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL LAKES; LGM; NEW ZEALAND;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL; MORAINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

RAKAIA;

EID: 77956010278     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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