Discordance between cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in amalgamated sands and individual fluvial pebbles in an arid zone catchment

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-180

  Codilean, Alexandru T ^a   Fenton, Cassandra R ^b,c   Fabel, Derek ^a   Bishop, Paul ^a   Xu, Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium 26; Beryllium 10; Cosmogenic nuclide; Grain size bias; Namibia; Neon 21

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARID REGION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DENUDATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; NEON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEBBLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84897036370     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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