Dating Pleistocene aeolian landforms in Hungary, Central Europe, using in situ produced cosmogenic 10BE

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 515-529

  Ruszkiczay Rüdiger, Zs ^a   Braucher, R ^b   Csillag, G ^c   Fodor, L I ^c   Dunai, T J ^d   Bada, G ^a   Bourles D ^b   Muller P ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic beryllium 10; Deflation; Denudation rate; Depth profile; Exposure age; Quaternary; Ventifact; Wind abrasion

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; WIND EROSION;

HUNGARY;

EID: 80054865804     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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