Dating buried sediments using radioactive decay and muogenic production of 26Al and 10Be

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 822-826

  Granger, Darryl E ^a   Smith, Allison L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic; Muon; Sediment

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

MUOGENIC PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0034290632     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-583x(00)00087-2     Document Type: Article

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