Scaling factors for the rates of production of cosmogenic nuclides for geometric shielding and attenuation at depth on sloped surfaces

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Dunne, Jeff ^a   Elmore, David ^a   Muzikar, Paul ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric shielding; Nuclides; Slope

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; SCALE EFFECT; SHIELD; SLOPE;

EID: 0033389662     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00086-5     Document Type: Article

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