Cosmogenic in situ production of radionuclides: Exposure ages and erosion rates

B. Heisinger, E. Nolte

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Abstract

Experimental data for the cosmogenic in situ production of radionuclides and its depth dependence are used for two applications, the determination of exposure ages and of erosion rates. Concentrations of the long-lived radionuclides 10Be, 14C and 26Al in quartz are presented as function of exposure age, depth before exposure and erosion rate after exposure. It is shown that the cosmogenic production before exposure can introduce important corrections to the representation without consideration of pre-exposure production. Depth profiles of 10Be, 14C and 26Al in quartz and sulfur, of 36Cl in K2O, CaCO3, granite and concrete and of 53Mn in Fe2O3 are given as function of erosion rate. Consequences to determinations of neutron fluences in Hiroshima are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)790-795
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume172
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Accelerator mass spectrometry
  • Cross-sections
  • Exposure cases
  • In situ production
  • Muon-induced nuclear reactions

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