Dating carbonate rocks with in-situ produced cosmogenic 10Be: Why it often fails

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Merchel, Silke ^a   Braucher, Régis ^a   Benedetti, Lucilla ^a   Grauby, Olivier ^b   Bourlès, Didier L ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric 10Be; Clay; Cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCN)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CALCITE; CARBONATE ROCK; CLAY; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; PH;

EID: 44649124124     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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