Implications of 36 Cl exposure ages from Skye, northwest Scotland for the timing of ice stream deglaciation and deglacial ice dynamics

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Small, David, Rinterknecht, Vincent, Austin, William E. N., Bates, C. Richard, Benn, Douglas I., Scourse, James D., Bourlès, Didier L., Hibbert, Fiona Danielle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Deglaciation; Scotland; Cosmogenic exposure ages; Chlorine-36; Barra; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/implications-of-36cl-exposure-ages-from-skye-northwest-scotland-for-the-timing-of-ice-stream-deglaciation-and-deglacial-ice-dynamics(075186b4-4f4c-450d-b585-a5365f0b1287).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.028; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/11550/1/Bates_2016_QSR_Implications_AAM.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379116303183#appd001

Geochronological constraints on the deglaciation of former marine based ice streams provide information on the rates and modes by which marine based ice sheets have responded to external forcing factors such as climate change. This paper presents new 36Cl cosmic ray exposure dating from boulders loc...