We determine surface exposure ages of landforms, surface erosion rates, and burial ages of sediments using the cosmogenic nuclides 3He, 10Be, 14C, 21Ne, 26Al, and 36Cl in different mineral systems to study landscape and human evolution on timescales of hundreds to millions of years. We host the NERC funded National Environmental Isotope Facility – Cosmogenic Nuclides (NEIF-CN).

Cosmogenic Nuclides

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Earth Systems  People & Place 
 
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Projects

  • 13 Oct

    INCISED

    Interglacial Collapse of Ice Sheets revealed by Subglacial Drilling of Bedrock
  • 13 Oct

    NEIF Cosmogenic Nuclides

    Interglacial Collapse of Ice Sheets revealed by Subglacial Drilling of Bedrock
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Techniques & Technologies

High energy ultrasonic tanks

removing meteoric beryllium to produce pure quartz

Scrubbed fume hoods

HF digestion of minerals to extract elements from rocks

ICP-OES

measure concentration of elements in solution

Ion chromatography

sample purification by separation of elements from solutions

People