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Two MATLAB programs for computing paleo-elevations and burial ages from paired-cosmogenic nuclides
- Source :
- MethodsX, Vol 6, Iss, Pp 1547-1556 (2019), MethodsX, MethodsX, Elsevier, 2019, 6, pp.1547-1556. ⟨10.1016/j.mex.2019.05.017⟩, MethodsX, 6
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2019.
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Abstract
- Methods based on cosmic-ray produced nuclides are key to improve our understanding of the Earth surface dynamic. Measuring multiple cosmogenic nuclides in the same rock sample has a great potential, but data interpretation requires rigorous and often complex mathematical treatments. In order to make progress on this topic, this paper presents two easy-to-use MATLAB© programs permitting to derive information from pairs of cosmogenic nuclides (26Al-10Be or 10Be-21Ne) measured in rock samples that have been exposed to cosmic rays in the past: “Paleoaltitude.m” and “Burial.m” Codes available here as supplementary material. • “Paleoaltitude.m” computes paleoelevations from a sample whose burial age is known. This new paleoaltimetry method is presented in detail in Blard et al. [1]. The present article also develops the mathematical approach. • Since the elevation of exposure may affect the accuracy of a burial age [1], the second MATLAB© script “Burial.m” is designed to compute burial ages from 26Al-10Be or 10Be-21Ne pairs, taking into account the position of a sample (elevation and latitude) during its preburial exposure history.<br />MethodsX, 6<br />ISSN:2215-0161
- Subjects :
- MATLAB
Clinical Biochemistry
Steady erosion
Sample (statistics)
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Latitude
Burial age
03 medical and health sciences
Cosmogenic nuclides
Nuclide
Cosmogenic nuclide
Burial ages
[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment
lcsh:Science
030304 developmental biology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
computer.programming_language
Paleoaltimetry
[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere
0303 health sciences
10Be
Elevation
Data interpretation
Continuous exposure
Généralités
Paleoelevation
Geophysics
21 Ne
10 Be
26Al
21Ne
Earth surface
Medical Laboratory Technology
26 Al
lcsh:Q
computer
Geology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22150161
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- MethodsX
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b5014d9e17bb413f6b1566144316a01