A study of soil formation rates using 10Be in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Lal, Rajeev; Fifield, L Keith; Tims, Stephen; Wasson, R.J.; Howe, D

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A study of soil formation rates using 10Be in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Date

2012

Authors

Lal, Rajeev

Fifield, L Keith

Tims, Stephen

Wasson, R.J.

Howe, D

Publisher

EPJ Web of Conferences

Abstract

A catchment level study to obtain soil formation rates using beryllium-10 (10Be) tracers has been undertaken in the Daly River Basin in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. Three soil cores have been collected to bedrock, with depths ranging from �