A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating
The method of surface exposure dating using in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides has become an important and widely applied tool in Quaternary science. One application is the dating of erratic boulders on moraines. An important problem however remains: the evaluation of potential pre-exposure time f...
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| author | L. A. Abbühl N. Akcar S. Strasky A. A. Graf S. Ivy-Ochs C. Schlüchter |
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| description | The method of surface exposure dating using in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides has become an important and widely applied tool in Quaternary science. One application is the dating of erratic boulders on moraines. An important problem however remains: the evaluation of potential pre-exposure time for samples from boulder surfaces. We have tested pre-exposure by sampling all sides of a recently exposed boulder in order to measure inherited nuclides from prior exposure periods. The sampled erratic boulder rests on the right lateral moraine of the most recent advance of the Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve in the Arolla Valley, Switzerland. Mapping of the area was done to reconstruct the Holocene fluctuations of the glacier. This glacier is especially useful for such a test as it is characterized by an ideal geometric relationship between accumulation and ablation area and, therefore, responds rapidly to mass-balance changes. The sampled boulder was deposited in 1991. Assuming no prior exposure the expected concentration of a given cosmogenic nuclide should be near zero. The 10Be/9Be ratios of the five measured samples were indistinguishable from blank values within the given errors, demonstrating that the samples did not experience pre-exposure. Three samples measured for 21Ne reveal 21Ne/20Ne and 22Ne/20Ne ratios similar to those of air, with no detectable prior cosmogenic Ne accumulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4ed0afb12ca4fcf9c00cd84b819504d2022-12-21T19:25:28ZdeuCopernicus PublicationsEiszeitalter und Gegenwart0424-71162199-90902009-12-015811110.3285/eg.58.1.01A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure DatingL. A. AbbühlN. AkcarS. StraskyA. A. GrafS. Ivy-OchsC. SchlüchterThe method of surface exposure dating using in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides has become an important and widely applied tool in Quaternary science. One application is the dating of erratic boulders on moraines. An important problem however remains: the evaluation of potential pre-exposure time for samples from boulder surfaces. We have tested pre-exposure by sampling all sides of a recently exposed boulder in order to measure inherited nuclides from prior exposure periods. The sampled erratic boulder rests on the right lateral moraine of the most recent advance of the Glacier de Tsijiore Nouve in the Arolla Valley, Switzerland. Mapping of the area was done to reconstruct the Holocene fluctuations of the glacier. This glacier is especially useful for such a test as it is characterized by an ideal geometric relationship between accumulation and ablation area and, therefore, responds rapidly to mass-balance changes. The sampled boulder was deposited in 1991. Assuming no prior exposure the expected concentration of a given cosmogenic nuclide should be near zero. The 10Be/9Be ratios of the five measured samples were indistinguishable from blank values within the given errors, demonstrating that the samples did not experience pre-exposure. Three samples measured for 21Ne reveal 21Ne/20Ne and 22Ne/20Ne ratios similar to those of air, with no detectable prior cosmogenic Ne accumulation.https://www.eg-quaternary-sci-j.net/58/1/2009/egqsj-58-1-2009.pdf |
| spellingShingle | L. A. Abbühl N. Akcar S. Strasky A. A. Graf S. Ivy-Ochs C. Schlüchter A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart |
| title | A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating |
| title_full | A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating |
| title_fullStr | A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating |
| title_full_unstemmed | A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating |
| title_short | A zero-exposure time test on an erratic boulder: evaluating the problem of pre-exposure in Surface Exposure Dating |
| title_sort | zero exposure time test on an erratic boulder evaluating the problem of pre exposure in surface exposure dating |
| url | https://www.eg-quaternary-sci-j.net/58/1/2009/egqsj-58-1-2009.pdf |
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