Chronology of Lateglacial ice flow reorganization and deglaciation in the Gotthard Pass area, Central Swiss Alps, based on cosmogenic 10Be and in situ 14C

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-26

  Hippe, K ^a   Ivy Ochs, S ^a   Kober, F ^b   Zasadni, J ^c   Wieler, R ^a   Wacker, L ^a   Kubik, P W ^a   Schluchter C ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

10Be and in situ 14C; Deglaciation history; Exposure dating; Lateglacial

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84888838721     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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