An improved experimental determination of cosmogenic 10Be/21Ne and 26Al/21Ne production ratios in quartz

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 187-198

  Goethals, M M ^a,b   Hetzel, R ^a   Niedermann, S ^b   Wittmann, H ^c   Fenton, C R ^b   Kubik, P W ^d   Christl, M ^d   von Blanckenburg, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cosmogenic nuclide (10Be,21Ne,26Al); erosion island plot; production rate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AL-CONCENTRATION; ATTENUATION LENGTHS; CALIFORNIA; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE (10BE,21NE,26AL); COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EARTH SURFACE PROCESS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; EROSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; HALF LIVES; HIGH LATITUDES; IN-SITU; NATURAL ROCKS; NORMAL FAULTS; NUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS; NUCLIDE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION RATE; PRODUCTION RATES; ROCK SURFACES; SCALING PROCEDURES; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; SURFACE SAMPLE; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NEON;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULTING; NEON; NORMAL FAULT; PRECISION; QUARTZ;

BISHOP TUFF; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67549089500     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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