Radiocarbon dating of glacier ice: Overview, optimisation, validation and potential

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3091-3105

  Uglietti, Chiara ^a,b   Zapf, Alexander ^a,b   Jenk, Theo Manuel ^a,b   Sigl, Michael ^a,b   Szidat, Sönke ^b   Salazar, Gary ^b   Schwikowski, Margit ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; ICE CORE; ICE THICKNESS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; ANDES; BELUKHA GLACIER; BOLIVIA; COLLE GNIFETTI GLACIER; ILLIMANI; ITALY; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; MONGOLIA; ORTLES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 85007317355     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-3091-2016     Document Type: Article

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