scholarly journals Feldspar flotation as a quartz-purification method in cosmogenic nuclide dating: A case study of fluvial sediments from the Pamir

MethodsX ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 717-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasila A. Sulaymonova ◽  
Margret C. Fuchs ◽  
Richard Gloaguen ◽  
Robert Möckel ◽  
Silke Merchel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluvial Sediments ◽  
Purification Method ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating

scholarly journals Cosmogenic nuclide dating of cave sediments in the Eastern Alps and implications for erosion rates

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Philipp Häuselmann ◽  
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Lukas Plan ◽  
Peter Pointner ◽  
Markus Fiebig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Western Alps ◽  
Valley Bottom ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide ◽  
Base Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Slow Evolution ◽  
Karst Systems ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating

Karstic caves are created by water eroding and corroding rocks that can be dissolved. Since both the spring areas of caves (normally at the valley bottom) as well as the recharge is controlled by superficial processes, the morphology of the cave bears strong links to these influences. Lowering of local base levels promotes the development of horizontal phreatic cave passages at progressively lower elevations, resulting in the formation of multi-level karst systems. Upon the next lowering of base level, these upper systems become fossilized, and sediment trapped within them may remain preserved for millions of years. Dating these sediments gives clues regarding the time when the passages were last active, and thus may yield age information for old valley floors. The present paper presents cosmogenic nuclide datings of twelve samples from eight caves in the central part of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Austria. Besides three samples that gave no results, most of the obtained ages are at the Mio-Pliocene boundary or within the Pliocene, as was expected before sampling. No multi-level caves could be sampled at different elevations, thus, the obtained valley deepening rates are averages between the age of sediment deposition and the present-day valley floor. However, the valley deepening rates of 0.12 to 0.21 km/Ma are in accordance to previous findings and corroborate a comparatively slow evolution of base level lowering in the Eastern Alps compared to the fast (Late Quaternary) evolution in the Central and Western Alps.

Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating of Earthquakes, Faults, and Toppled Blocks

Elements ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 357-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Benedetti ◽  
J. van der Woerd
Keyword(s):  
Cosmogenic Nuclide ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating
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