Timing of retreat of the Reuss Glacier (Switzerland) at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 293-307

  Reber, Regina ^a   Akçar, Naki ^a   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^b   Tikhomirov, Dmitry ^a   Burkhalter, Reto ^c   Zahno, Conradin ^d   Lüthold, Aron ^e   Kubik, Peter W ^b   Vockenhuber, Christof ^b   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo   (Switzerland)

^d Sunnebergliweg 6   (Switzerland)

^e CSD Ingenieure AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Erratic boulders; Northern Alpine foreland; Pleistocene; Surface exposure dating (10Be, 36Cl)

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ERRATIC; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAP; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PIEDMONT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84917695161     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-014-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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