BE-10 AND BE-9 IN MARINE-SEDIMENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR DATING
BE-10 AND BE-9 IN MARINE-SEDIMENTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR DATING
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-7037(89)90395-5
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发表时间:
1989-02-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
YIOU, F
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作者:
BOURLES, D;RAISBECK, GM;YIOU, F
Using sequential leaching experiments we have measured the fraction of the cosmogenic isotope10Be (half-life 1.5 My), and its stable isotope9Be, co-extracted with the following phases in marine sediments: exchangeable, calcium carbonate, Fe and Mn oxyhydroxides, organic, opal and detrital. The extraction of the authigenic phases typically release ∼70% of the10Be but only ∼40% of the9Be. In order to test its potential for dating marine sediments, we have measured the authigeniccally associated10Be/9Be in 17 surface sediment samples from different ocean basins. The observed spatial variability, which appears to be influenced by proximity to continental input of9Be, precludes the general and precise applications of leached10Be/9Be for dating. However, the relatively constant value observed in surface sediments over large areas of the Pacific, Indian and Southern Atlantic oceans shows considerable promise for approximate dating of open oceans sediments.In order to test temporal variability, a profile of the authigenically associated10Be/9Be ratio has been measured in the independently dated Central Pacific core, RC12-65. The observed variation in10Be/9Be over the past nine My is approximately twice that expected on the basis of10Be decay alone. Several possible explanations for such behavior and their potential consequences for the use of leached10Be/9Be for dating are discussed.