Production rate calculations for cosmic-ray-muon-produced 10Be and 26Al benchmarked against geological calibration data

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-173

  Balco, Greg ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum 26; Beryllium 10; Carbon 14; Cosmogenic nuclide geochemistry; Erosion rate measurement; Exposure age dating; Production rate calibration

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALUMINUM; BENCHMARKING; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 85015455810     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2017.02.001     Document Type: Review

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