Schmidt Hammer studies in the maritime Antarctic: Application to dating Holocene deglaciation and estimating the effects of macrolichens on rock weathering

Geomorphology

Volumn 155-156, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-44

  Guglielmin, M ^a   Worland, M R ^b   Convey, P ^b   Cannone, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Holocene deglaciation; Lichens; Rock weathering; Schmidt Hammer

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LICHEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; UPLIFT; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

ANCHORAGE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

UMBILICARIA DECUSSATA; USNEA SPHACELATA;

EID: 84860335538     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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