Extent and deglacial chronology of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet:implications of exposure dating using cosmogenic isotopes

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Author: Ballantyne, Colin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: British-Irish Ice Sheet; cosmogenic isotopes; exposure dating; deglaciation chronology; Last Glacial Maximum; LOCH-LOMOND READVANCE; LATE DEVENSIAN GLACIATION; NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND; ET-AL. 2002; YOUNGER DRYAS; CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; OUTER HEBRIDES; SEA BASIN; PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS; GLACIER RECONSTRUCTION; Cold-based glacier; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/extent-and-deglacial-chronology-of-the-last-britishirish-ice-sheet(494a7fcf-96df-405c-9b97-1985b3df9d21).html; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1310

Over 160 Be-10 and Cl-36 exposure ages pertaining to the extent and chronology of the last British Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) are critically reviewed. Despite uncertainties inherent in the use of exposure ages, this approach has demonstrated that at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ca. 26-21 ka) the BUS e...