Can in-situ cosmogenic 14C be used to assess the influence of clast recycling on exposure dating of ice retreat in Antarctica?

• Main Authors: White, Duanne A, Fulop, Reka H, Bishop, Paul, Mackintosh, Andrew, Cook, Gordon T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2011
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Framnes; Framnes Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/4234

Cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating of glacial clasts is becoming a common and robust method for reconstructing the history of glaciers and ice sheets. In Antarctica, however, many samples exhibit cosmogenic nuclide 'inheritance' as a result of sediment recycling and exposure to cosmic radi...