Geological scatter of cosmogenic-nuclide exposure ages in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica: Implications for glacial history

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-66

  Hein, Andrew S ^a   Fogwill, Christopher J ^b   Sugden, David E ^a   Xu, Sheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Antarctic Ice Sheet; Beryllium; Cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure age dating; Geological scatter; Last Glacial Maximum; Miocene; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHACKLETON RANGE;

EID: 84888854325     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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