Sliding-no Sliding Zone Effect and Age Determination of Ice Cores

At present the age of ice from ice cores taken at depths where the seasonal isotope fluctuations no longer are measurable is estimated from the Dansgaard-Johnsen-Nye analysis of the longitudinal thinning of ice sheets. A significant error occurs in such an age estimate if ice cores are taken from a...

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Published in:Quaternary Research
Main Author: Weertman, Johannes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1976
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(76)90050-8
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