Two MATLAB programs for computing paleo-elevations and burial ages from paired-cosmogenic nuclides.

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". •"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 p

SUBMITTER: Blard PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6607321 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature