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River incision, 10Be production and transport in a source-to-sink sediment system (Var catchment, SW Alps)
Carole Petit
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Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, IRD, Géoazur, 06560 Valbonne, France
Tristan Salles
School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Vincent Godard
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
Yann Rolland
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, UMR 5204, Le Bourget du Lac, France
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
Laurence Audin
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Short summary
We present new tools in the landscape evolution model Badlands to simulate 10Be production, erosion and transport. These tools are applied to a source-to-sink system in the SW French Alps, where the model is calibrated. We propose a model that fits river incision rates and 10Be concentrations in sediments, and we show that 10Be in deep marine sediments is a signal with multiple contributions that cannot be easily interpreted in terms of climate forcing.
We present new tools in the landscape evolution model Badlands to simulate 10Be production,...
