OSL-14C-10Be: A novel composite geochronometer for simultaneous quantification of timing and magnitude of change in bedrock outcrop erosion rate

Reza Sohbati*, Kristina Hippe

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Quantifying past changes in erosion rate is essential for deciphering earth surface processes and their driving mechanisms. Coupled in situ cosmogenic 14C-10Be has been shown to be a useful chronometer in detecting changes in erosion rate, but its detection ability is limited to rapidly eroding fluvial landscapes and changes greater than a factor of two; and in any case, it cannot uniquely quantify both the magnitude and the timing of change in erosion rate. Here, we establish a theoretical framework to show that this limitation can be overcome by combining the recently developed optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) rock surface exposure dating with the 14C-10Be chronometer. We demonstrate that the resulting OSL-14C-10Be composite geochronometer can determine both the magnitude and the timing of an abrupt change in bedrock erosion rate by a factor of < 0.8 or > 1.2 over 100–104 a timescales, where erosion rates are < 10−2 cm a−1.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
Volume48
Pages (from-to)322–331
ISSN0197-9337
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Cosmogenic nuclides
  • Erosion rate
  • Exposure age
  • Landscape evolution
  • OSL surface exposure dating

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