Dating disappearing ice with cosmogenic nuclides

Elements

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 351-356

  Ivy Ochs, Susan ^a,b   Briner, Jason P ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be; Deglaciation age; Glacially modified bedrock; Moraine; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

10BE; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIALLY MODIFIED BEDROCK; MORAINE; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING;

ICE;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER RETREAT; MORAINE;

EID: 84908014610     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.10.5.351     Document Type: Article

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