GARDEN-VARIETY BE-10 IN SOILS ON HILL SLOPES

被引:6
作者
MONAGHAN, MC [1 ]
ELMORE, D [1 ]
机构
[1] PURDUE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, W LAFAYETTE, IN 47907 USA
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10.1016/0168-583X(94)96034-8
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In this paper we show how ''garden variety'' cosmogenic Be-10 can be used to determine the actual form of bedrock-to-soil conversion rates on a hill slope. We apply the method to two hill slopes in California and show that measured Be-10 concentration profiles are consistent with bedrock-to-soil conversion rates that decrease steadily down slope, from a maximum at the ridge crest to zero at the slope base. This result is independent of both the maximum bedrock-to-soil conversion rate on the hill slope and the Be-10 delivery rate, if both are constant with time.
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