Dating of raised marine and lacustrine deposits in east Greenland using beryllium-10 depth profiles and implications for estimates of subglacial erosion

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-874

  Goehring, Brent M ^a   Kelly, Meredith A ^a,e   Schaefer, Joerg M ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^b,c   Lowell, Thomas V ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium 10; Cosmogenic nuclide; Depth profile; Glacial erosion; Greenland; Inheritance; Scoresby sund

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIAL EROSION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; POLAR REGION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SCORESBY SUND;

EID: 78149371048     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1380     Document Type: Article

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