Estimates of the rate of regolith production using 10Be and 26Al from an alpine hillslope

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 131-150

  Small, Eric E ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^a   Hancock, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine hillslope; Bare rock; Regolith production; Regolith mantled rock

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HILLSLOPE; REGOLITH; WEATHERING RATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033396113     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00094-4     Document Type: Article

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