Rapid thinning of the Welsh Ice Cap at 20-19 ka based on 10Be ages

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-117

  Hughes, Philip D ^a   Glasser, Neil F ^b   Fink, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

10Be; Arenigs; Cosmogenic exposure dating; Deglaciation; Moelwyns; Nunatak; Rhinogs; Welsh Ice Cap

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SNOW;

10BE; ARENIGS; COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE; DEGLACIATIONS; ICE-CAPS; MOELWYNS; NUNATAK; RHINOGS;

ICE;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUNATAK;

NORTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84957955546     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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