Last Glacial Maximum and the Gschnitz stadial in the Maritime Alps according to 10Be cosmogenic dating

Boreas

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-291

  Federici, Paolo Roberto ^a   Granger, Darryl E ^b   Ribolini, Adriano ^a   Spagnolo, Matteo ^c   Pappalardo, Marta ^a   Cyr, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; OROGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ALPS; MARITIME ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84857298942     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2011.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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