Cosmogenic Nuclide Ages for Last Glacial Maximum Moraine at Schnells Ridge, Southwest Tasmania

Kiernan, Kevin; Fifield, L Keith; Chappell, John

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Cosmogenic Nuclide Ages for Last Glacial Maximum Moraine at Schnells Ridge, Southwest Tasmania

Date

2004

Authors

Kiernan, Kevin

Fifield, L Keith

Chappell, John

Publisher

University of Washington

Abstract

Moraines on Schnells Ridge, southwest Tasmania, have been dated using in situ10Be. An age of 19,400 ± 600 yr is indicated for the well-preserved innermost moraine from consistent measurements on four large quartzite boulders. This corresponds closely wit