In situ produced 10Be measurements at great depths: Implications for production rates by fast muons

R. Braucher; E. T. Brown; D. L. Bourlès; F. Colin

doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00205-X

In situ produced ¹⁰Be measurements at great depths: Implications for production rates by fast muons

R. Braucher, E. T. Brown, D. L. Bourlès, F. Colin

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Abstract

In situ cosmogenic ¹⁰Be values have been used to investigate a Brazilian quartz vein from the surface to a depth of 15 m. At depths greater than 1000 g/cm², deep enough for neutron-induced reactions to be insignificant, there is only a slight decrease in ¹⁰Be concentration with increasing depth. Our results are consistent with deep production of ¹⁰Be by a mechanism, presumably induced by fast muons, with an attenuation length of 5300±950 g/cm² and a contribution of 0.65±0.25% to the total surface production. Results are compared with values from the literature and implications of this re-evaluation are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	251-258
Number of pages	8
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	211
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00205-X
State	Published - Jun 30 2003

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Funding Information:
We thank Bernard Dupré for U/Th analyses. Fieldwork was facilitated by the logistic support of the Sao Paolo ORSTOM Center and the Federal University of Mato Groso at Cuiaba. This work was supported by INSU-CNRS through the DBT Program Thème 1: ‘Fleuves et érosion’ by INSU-CNRS and ORSTOM through the PEGI Program. Tandétron operation is supported by the CNRS, CEA and IN 2 P 3 . [BOYLE]

Keywords

Beryllium
Cosmogenic
Muons
Production rate

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