Cosmogenic 10Be as a tracer for hillslope and channel sediment dynamics in the Clearwater River, western Washington State

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-135

  Belmont, P ^a   Pazzaglia, F J ^a   Gosse, J C ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cosmogenic nuclides; denudation; erosion; geomorphology; grain size; weathering

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; GRAIN SIZE FRACTIONS; HILLSLOPE;

BERYLLIUM; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ISOTOPES; LANDSLIDES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; GRAIN SIZE; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; MODELING; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER; WEATHERING RATE;

CLEARWATER RIVER [IDAHO]; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148978989     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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