The rarefied (non-continuum) conditions of tracer particle transport in soils, with implications for assessing the intensity and depth dependence of mixing from geochronology

Furbish, David Jon; Schumer, Rina; Keen-Zebert, Amanda

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-1169-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-1169-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-1169-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 4

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03 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2018

The rarefied (non-continuum) conditions of tracer particle transport in soils, with implications for assessing the intensity and depth dependence of mixing from geochronology

David Jon Furbish, Rina Schumer, and Amanda Keen-Zebert

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RC1: 'Comment on The rarefied (non-continuum) conditions of tracer particle transport in soils, with implications for assessing the intensity and depth dependence of mixing from geochronology', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review on "The rarefied (non-continuum) conditions of tracers particle transport in soils, etc."', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Oct 2018
AC1: 'Response to Referees Comments', David J. Furbish, 27 Oct 2018

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Oct 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish as is (17 Nov 2018) by Eric Lajeunesse

ED: Publish as is (20 Nov 2018) by Douglas Jerolmack (Editor)

AR by David J. Furbish on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

We present in this mostly theoretical contribution a systematic treatment of tracer particle mixing in soils. We elaborate the consequences of rarefied (non-continuum) conditions of transport and mixing, and we augment this with numerical analyses that reveal important information not readily apparent in the analytical formulations, including an illustration of the variability in ¹⁰Be concentrations and OSL ages of individual particles in soils, with implications for interpreting field data.