The AD 1717 rock avalanche deposits in the upper Ferret Valley (Italy): A dating approach with cosmogenic 10Be

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-392

  Akçar, Naki ^a   Deline, Philip ^b   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^c   Alfimov, Vasily ^c   Hajdas, Irka ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^c   Christl, Marcus ^c   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Inheritance; Mont Blanc Massif; Natural hazard; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GRANITE; NATURAL HAZARD; PEATLAND; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK AVALANCHE;

ALPS; FRANCE; HAUTE SAVOIE; ITALY; MONT BLANC; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

MUSTELA;

EID: 84859640361     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1558     Document Type: Article

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