10Be dating of the Narsarsuaq moraine in southernmost Greenland: Evidence for a late-Holocene ice advance exceeding the Little Ice Age maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-143

  Winsor, K ^a   Carlson, A E ^a,b   Rood, D H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic surface exposure dating; Glacial geology; Greenland ice sheet

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING;

ICE;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84903183019     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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