Lateglacial surface exposure dating in the Monadhliath Mountains, Central Highlands, Scotland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-146

  Gheorghiu, D M ^a,b   Fabel, D ^a   Hansom, J D ^a   Xu, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages; Glacial geomorphology; Monadhliath Mountains; Plateau ice; Scotland

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DEGLACIATIONS; EXPOSURE AGE; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; ICE-CAPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATEGLACIAL; MONADHLIATH MOUNTAINS; RADIOCARBON AGE; SCOTLAND; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; DEVENSIAN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE CAP; LATE GLACIAL; PLATEAU; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

HIGHLAND; MONADHLIATH MOUNTAINS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859714434     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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