Can in-situ cosmogenic 14C be used to assess the influence of clast recycling on exposure dating of ice retreat in Antarctica?

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 289-294

  White, Duanne ^a   Fülöp, Réka Hajnalka ^b,c   Bishop, Paul ^b   Mackintosh, Andrew ^d   Cook, Gordon ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectroscopy; Glacier; Inheritance; Multiple isotope

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLAST; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; HALF LIFE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79955724861     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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