Timing of terminal Pleistocene deglaciation at high elevations in southern and central British Columbia constrained by 10Be exposure dating

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-202

  Margold, Martin ^a   Stroeven, Arjen P ^b   Clague, John J ^c   Heyman, Jakob ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Be 10 exposure dating; Cordilleran ice sheet; Deglaciation

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MARBLE; SEA LEVEL; SHIELDING; SNOW;

BE-10 EXPOSURE DATING; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DEGLACIATIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; NORTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA; YOUNGER DRYAS CHRONOZONE;

ICE;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84903993824     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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