Isotopic insights into smoothening of abandoned fan surfaces, Southern California

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-118

  Matmon, Ari ^a,b   Nichols, Kyle ^c   Finkel, Robert ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be; 26Al; Nuclide concentration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GRUS;

EID: 33745144994     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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