Elevation dependence of cosmogenic 36Cl production in Hawaiian lava flows

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 277-287

  Desilets, Darin ^a   Zreda, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation length; cosmic rays; cosmogenic nuclides; Mauna Kea; scaling factors

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC PRODUCTION; GEOMAGNETIC SHIELDING; LAVA FLOW;

COSMIC RAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COSMIC RAY; ELEVATION; LAVA FLOW;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA KEA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744947807     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.050     Document Type: Article

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