Publication Date:
2016-12-02
Description:
Constraining Quaternary erosion of the Campine Plateau (NE Belgium) using Bayesian inversion of an in-situ produced 10 Be concentration depth profile Koen Beerten, Eric Laloy, Veerle Vanacker, Bart Rogiers, and Laurent Wouters Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., doi:10.5194/esurf-2016-57,2016 Manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: open, 0 comments) Over very long timescales, 100.000 yrs and more, landscapes may drastically change. Sediments preserved in these landscapes have a cosmogenic radionuclide inventory that tell us when and how fast such changes took place. In this paper, we provide first evidence of elevated long-term erosion rates in the Campine area (lowland Europe). They seem to be related to the loose and unconsolidated nature of the subsoil, and the sudden base level lowering in the wider region during the Middle Pleistocene.
Electronic ISSN:
2196-6338
Topics:
Geosciences
