Extensive MIS 3 glaciation in southernmost Patagonia revealed by cosmogenic nuclide dating of outwash sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 429, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-169

  Darvill, Christopher M ^a,b   Bentley, Michael J ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^a   Hein, Andrew S ^c   Rodés, Ángel ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide dating; Depth profile; Last glacial cycle; MIS 3; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPTH PROFILING; ICE; ISOTOPES;

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE DATING; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL CYCLES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NORTHERN PATAGONIA; PATAGONIA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

EID: 84938529207     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.030     Document Type: Article

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