Too young or too old: Evaluating cosmogenic exposure dating based on an analysis of compiled boulder exposure ages

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-80

  Heyman, Jakob ^a   Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Harbor, Jonathan M ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Deglaciation; Exposure age interpretation; Glacial chronology; Incomplete exposure; Prior exposure

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS;

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DEGLACIATIONS; EXPOSURE AGE; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; INCOMPLETE EXPOSURE; PRIOR EXPOSURE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BOULDER; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78751591039     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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