Calculation of shielding factors for production of cosmogenic nuclides in fault scarps

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-193

  Dmitry, Tikhomirov ^a   Naki, Akçar ^a   Susan, Ivy Ochs ^b,c   Vasily, Alfimov ^b   Christan, Schlüchter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Normal fault scarp; Paleoearthquake dating; Shielding factor

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; SLIP RATE;

EID: 84888842545     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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