Importance of sampling across an assemblage of glacial landforms for interpreting cosmogenic ages of deglaciation

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-156

  Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Fabel, Derek ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^c   Fink, David ^d   Caffee, Marc W ^a,e   Dahlgren, Torbjørn ^f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Delta; Esker; Lineations; Meltwater channel; Scandinavia; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; DELTA; ESKER; LINEATIONS; MELTWATER CHANNEL; SCANDINAVIA; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; ESKER; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; RADIOCARBON DATING;

NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 79959246498     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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