Preliminary estimates of regolith generation and mobility in the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, using meteoric 10Be

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  West, Nicole ^a   Kirby, Eric ^a   Bierman, Paul ^b   Rood, Dylan ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DEPTH PROFILE; EROSION RATES; FIRST-ORDER; HILLSLOPE SOIL; HILLSLOPES; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; PENNSYLVANIA; PERIGLACIAL; RESIDENCE TIME; ROCK CHIPS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; VALLEY FLOOR;

BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORE SAMPLES; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; FLOORS; LANDFORMS; OBSERVATORIES; SHALE; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEPTH; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OBSERVATORY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; REGOLITH; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY; WATERSHED;

PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955968552     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.053     Document Type: Article

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