Cosmogenic 3He production rate in the high tropical Andes (3800 m, 20°S): Implications for the local last glacial maximum

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 377-378, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-275

  Blard, P H ^a   Lave J ^a   Sylvestre, F ^b   Placzek, C J ^c   Claude, C ^b   Galy, V ^d   Condom, T ^e   Tibari, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Cosmogenic 3He; Heinrich 1; Lake Tauca; Production rate; Tunupa

Indexed keywords

ALTIPLANO; COSMOGENIC; HEINRICH 1; PRODUCTION RATES; TUNUPA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LITHIUM; SEA LEVEL; SILICATE MINERALS; TROPICS;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLEROD; BOLLING; CALIBRATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECISION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES;

EID: 84883653954     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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