10Be and 26Al exposure-age dating of bedrock surfaces on the Aran ridge, Wales: Evidence for a thick Welsh Ice Cap at the Last Glacial Maximum

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Glasser, Neil F ^a   Hughes, Philip D ^b   Fenton, Cassandra ^c,d   Schnabel, Christoph ^d   Rother, Henrik ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Irish Ice Sheet; Cosmogenic 10Be; Cosmogenic 26Al; Heinrich Event 1; Last Glacial Maximum; Nunatak

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALUMINUM; BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

EID: 84855803903     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1519     Document Type: Article

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