Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-67-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-67-2017
Research article
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26 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2017

Controls on the distribution of cosmogenic 10Be across shore platforms

Martin D. Hurst, Dylan H. Rood, and Michael A. Ellis

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RoBoCoP_CRN M. D. Hurst https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.259432

Controls on the distribution of cosmogenic 10Be across shore platforms M. D. Hurst, D. H. Rood, and M. A. Ellis https://doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.385

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Beryllium-10 is a rare isotope that only forms near to the Earth surface, allowing rock surfaces to be dated. In this paper we develop a numerical model for the evolution of shore platforms and associated 10Be concentrations to explore the potential for this method to reveal long-term rates of sea cliff retreat. Tides, sea level, cliffs and beaches all modify how rapidly 10Be accumulates on the shore platform, but there is great potential to measure rates of cliff retreat and platform erosion.