Profiles of in situ 10Be and 26Al at great depths at the Macraes Flat, East Otago, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-126

  Kim, K J ^a,b   Englert, P A J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

10Be; 26Al; Attenuation lengths; Cosmogenic nuclides; Depth profile; Muon

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; EROSION RATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; SURFACE LAYER;

AUSTRALASIA; MACRAES FLAT; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 2942683032     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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