Erosion rates of alpine bedrock summit surfaces deduced from in situ 10Be and 26Al

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 413-425

  Small, Eric E ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^a   Repka, James L ^a   Finkel, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Erosion rates; Frost action; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; FROST ACTION; WEATHERING;

EID: 0031394273     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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