A note of caution on the use of boulders for exposure dating of depositional surfaces

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-70

  Schmidt, Silke ^a   Hetzel, Ralf ^a   Kuhlmann, Jan ^a   Mingorance, Francisco ^b   Ramos, Victor A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

10Be exposure dating; Amalgamation approach; Andean Precordillera; Fluvial terraces; Inherited nuclide component

Indexed keywords

10BE EXPOSURE DATING; AMALGAMATION APPROACH; ANDEAN PRECORDILLERA; FLUVIAL TERRACES; INHERITED NUCLIDE COMPONENT;

HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; METALS; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BOULDER; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE;

ANDES;

EID: 78751567923     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.039     Document Type: Article

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