Glacial geomorphology and cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al exposure ages in the northern Dufek Massif, Weddell Sea embayment, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-394

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Bentley, Michael J ^a,b   Schnabel, Christoph ^c   Cziferszky, Andreas ^a   Fretwell, Peter ^a   Convey, Peter ^a   Xu, Sheng ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Glaciation; Ice sheets; Pensacola Mountains; Sea level; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867143250     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000016     Document Type: Article

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