Using in situ cosmogenic 10Be to identify the source of sediment leaving Greenland

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1087-1100

  Nelson, Alice H ^a   Bierman, Paul R ^a   Shakun, Jeremy D ^b   Rood, Dylan H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial erosion; Greenland Ice Sheet; Holocene; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; QUARTZ;

GLACIAL EROSION; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; HOLOCENES; SEDIMENT BUDGETS;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL EROSION; HOLOCENE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84902550987     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3565     Document Type: Article

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