Using in situ cosmogenic 10Be, 14C, and 26Al to decipher the history of polythermal ice sheets on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-13

  Briner, Jason P ^a   Lifton, Nathaniel A ^b   Miller, Gifford H ^c   Refsnider, Kurt ^d   Anderson, Rebecca ^e   Finkel, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PRESCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Alliance for Climate Education   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; Cosmogenic nuclide; Polythermal ice sheet

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALUMINUM; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE CAP; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; IN SITU TEST; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LITTLE ICE AGE;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84888825986     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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