Cosmogenic Nuclides and Erosion at the Watershed Scale

Research Article| October 01, 2014 Cosmogenic Nuclides and Erosion at the Watershed Scale Darryl E. Granger; Darryl E. Granger 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, USAE-mail: dgranger@purdue.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mirjam Schaller Mirjam Schaller 2Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen72074 Tübingen, GermanyE-mail: mirjam.schaller@uni-tuebingen.de Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Darryl E. Granger 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, USAE-mail: dgranger@purdue.edu Mirjam Schaller 2Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen72074 Tübingen, GermanyE-mail: mirjam.schaller@uni-tuebingen.de Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2014 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2014) 10 (5): 369–373. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.10.5.369 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Darryl E. Granger, Mirjam Schaller; Cosmogenic Nuclides and Erosion at the Watershed Scale. Elements 2014;; 10 (5): 369–373. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.10.5.369 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Landscapes are sculpted by a variety of processes that weather and erode bedrock, converting it into soils and sediments that are moved downslope. Quantifying erosion rates provides important insights into a wide range of questions in disciplines from tectonics and landscape evolution to the impacts of land use. Cosmogenic nuclides contained in quartz sediment provide a robust tool for determining spatially averaged erosion rates across scales ranging from single hillslopes to continental river basins and are providing fundamental clues to how landscapes evolve. Cosmogenic nuclides in buried sediments contain unique information about paleo–erosion rates up to millions of years in the past. This article explores some of the basic ideas behind various methods used to infer catchment-wide erosion rates and highlights recent examples related to problems in tectonics, climate, and land use. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.