OSL ages in central Norway support a MIS 2 interstadial (25-20 ka) and a dynamic Scandinavian ice sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-111

  Johnsen, Timothy F ^a,c   Olsen, Lars ^b   Murray, Andrew ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING TECHNIQUES; DEGLACIATIONS; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; ICE SURFACES; INTERSTADIALS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OLD AGE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIOCARBON AGE; SIGNAL COMPONENTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ICE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; WEICHSELIAN;

NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84862000372     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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