Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD): Application to early Holocene moraines and a reappraisal of the reliability of terrestrial cosmogenic-nuclide dating (TCND) at Austanbotnbreen, Jotunheimen, Norway

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-270

  Matthews, John A ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DATING METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL;

JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY;

BOREAS;

EID: 79953041815     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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