Single-grain cosmogenic 21Ne concentrations in fluvial sediments reveal spatially variable erosion rates

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-162

  Codilean, Alexandru T ^a   Bishop, Paul ^a   Stuart, Finlay M ^b   Hoey, Trevor B ^a   Fabel, Derek ^a   Freeman, Stewart P H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10Be; 21Ne; Cosmogenic nuclides; Denudation rates; Landscape evolution; Slope dependence

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DENUDATION RATES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SLOPE DEPENDENCE;

EROSION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DENUDATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44449106116     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24360A.1     Document Type: Article

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