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GSA Special Papers
In Situ-Produced Cosmogenic Nuclides and Quantification of Geological Processes
Geological Society of America

Volume
415
Copyright:
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813724157
Publication date:
January 01, 2006
Book Chapter
Eroding the land: Steady-state and stochastic rates and processes through a cosmogenic lens
Author(s)
Arjun M. Heimsath
Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
Arjun M. Heimsath
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Published:January 01, 2006
Quantifying erosion rates and processes remains a central focus of studying the Earth's surface. Measurement of in situ–produced cosmogenic radionuclides (CRNs) enables a level of quantification that would otherwise be impossible or fraught with uncertainty and expense. Remarkable success stories punctuate the field over the last decade as CRN-based methodologies are pushed to new limits. Inherent to all is an assumption of steady-state rates and processes. This paper focuses on the use of cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al, extracted from quartz in bedrock, saprolite, and detrital material to quantify sediment production or erosion rates and processes. Previous results from...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- age
- Al-26
- alkaline earth metals
- aluminum
- Australasia
- Australia
- Be-10
- beryllium
- Coast Ranges
- cosmogenic elements
- cyclic processes
- erosion
- erosion features
- erosion rates
- exposure age
- isotopes
- landform evolution
- landscapes
- metals
- New South Wales Australia
- numerical models
- Oregon
- quantitative analysis
- quantitative geomorphology
- radioactive isotopes
- soils
- stochastic processes
- United States
- Australian Alps
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