The dependence of meteoric 10Be concentrations on particle size in Amazon River bed sediment and the extraction of reactive 10Be/ 9Be ratios

Chemical Geology

Volumn 318-319, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-138

  Wittmann, H ^a   Von Blanckenburg, F ^a   Bouchez, J ^a   Dannhaus, N ^a   Naumann, R ^a   Christl, M ^b   Gaillardet, J ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Authigenic minerals; Basin wide denudation; Meteoric 10Be; Meteoric 10Be 9Be ratio; Sequential chemical extraction

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AUTHIGENIC; BASIN-WIDE DENUDATION; METEORIC 10BE/ 9BE RATIO; SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION;

MANGANESE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BEDLOAD; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; RIVER BED;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHIELD; GUYANA SHIELD;

EID: 84862695679     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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