Inter-comparison of cosmogenic in-situ 3He, 21Ne and 36Cl at low latitude along an altitude transect on the SE slope of Kilimanjaro volcano (3°S, Tanzania)

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Schimmelpfennig, Irene ^a,b   Williams, Alice ^a   Pik, Raphaël ^a   Burnard, Pete ^a   Niedermann, Samuel ^c   Finkel, Robert ^b,d   Schneider, Björn ^e   Benedetti, Lucilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altitude dependent scaling; Chlorine 36; Cosmogenic nuclides; Cross calibration; Helium 3; Kilimanjaro; Neon 21; Olivine; Pyroxene

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEON; PHENOCRYST;

KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 79961021448     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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