Timing of the deglaciation in southern Patagonia: Testing the applicability of K-Feldspar IRSL

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 264-272

  Blomdin, Robin ^a,b   Murray, Andrew ^b   Thomsen, Kristina J ^c   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^b,c   Sohbati, Reza ^b   Jansson, Krister N ^a   Alexanderson, Helena ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dose distributions; Glaciofluvial; Incomplete bleaching; IRSL; K feldspar; Single grain; Small aliquot

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84863779704     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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