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Denudation systematics inferred from in situ cosmogenic 10Be concentrations in fine (50–100 µm) and medium (100–250 µm) sediments of the Var River basin, southern French Alps
Apolline Mariotti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), CNRS, Université de Lorraine, UMR 7358, 54500
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Pierre-Henri Blard
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), CNRS, Université de Lorraine, UMR 7358, 54500
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Julien Charreau
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), CNRS, Université de Lorraine, UMR 7358, 54500
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Carole Petit
Géoazur, Université de Nice, 06905 Sophia Antipolis, France
Stéphane Molliex
Laboratoire Géosciences Océan, Institut Universitaire
Européen de la Mer, 29280 Plouzané, France
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), CNRS, Université de Lorraine, UMR 7358, 54500
Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
the ASTER Team
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, UM 34 CEREGE,
Technopôle de l'Environnement Arbois-Méditerranée, BP80, 13545
Aix-en-Provence, France
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Short summary
This work is the first assessment of the suitability of the in situ 10Be method to determine denudation rates from fine (50–100 μm) detrital quartz at the watershed scale. This method is used worldwide to determine denudation rates from sandy sediments (250 μm-1 mm). We show that in the Var catchment fine-grained sediments (50–100 μm) are suited to the 10Be method, which is vital for future applications of 10Be in sedimentary archives such as offshore sediments.
This work is the first assessment of the suitability of the in situ 10Be method to determine...
