A locally calibrated, late glacial 10Be production rate from a low-latitude, high-altitude site in the Peruvian Andes

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-85

  Kelly, Meredith A ^a   Lowell, Thomas V ^b   Applegate, Patrick J ^c   Phillips, Fred M ^d   Schaefer, Joerg M ^e   Smith, Colby A ^b   Kim, Hanul ^a   Leonard, Katherine C ^f,g   Hudson, Adam M ^h  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be Production rate calibration; 10Be surface exposure age dating; Late glacial moraines; Peru; Quelccaya Ice Cap

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LATE GLACIAL; MORAINE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANDES; ARCTIC; CUZCO [PERU]; NEW ZEALAND; PATAGONIA; PERU; QUELCCAYA ICE CAP;

EID: 85027944521     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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