Age of the Fjord Stade moraines in the Disko Bugt region, western Greenland, and the 9.3 and 8.2 ka cooling events

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-90

  Young, Nicolás E ^a   Briner, Jason P ^a   Rood, Dylan H ^b,c   Finkel, Robert C ^d   Corbett, Lee B ^e,f   Bierman, Paul R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be exposure dating; Abrupt climate change; Greenland Ice Sheet; Moraines

Indexed keywords

10BE EXPOSURE DATING; ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATIONS; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; MORAINES; SITE-SPECIFIC; STUDY SITES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

DEPOSITS; GLACIERS;

ICE;

AGE DETERMINATION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DEGLACIATION; FJORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; GRIP; HOLOCENE; ICE FLOW; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERTURBATION; WARMING;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; JAKOBSHAVN GLACIER;

EID: 84870656444     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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