Recent progress of 10Be tracer studies in Chinese loess》.pdf

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 361 (2015) 548–553 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B journal homepage: www.else /locate/nimb Recent progress of 10Be tracer studies in Chinese loess Weijian Zhou a,b,c,⇑, Xingjun Xie a,b,d, Warren Beck e, Xianghui Kong a,b, Feng Xian a,b, Yajuan Du a,b, Zhenkun Wu a,b a State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710061, China b Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Application, Xi’an AMS Center, Xi’an 710061, China cJoint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing 100875, China d University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China e NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Studies of cosmogenic 10Be in Chinese loess began about twenty-five years ago and since then a number Received 2 December 2014 of research groups worldwide have contributed to a firm understanding of the production, transport, Received in revised form 4 February 2015 deposition and storage of 10Be in loess. The essential characteristics that make 10Be a useful isotopic Accepted 20 February 2015 tracer in loess, include: (1) dominant atmospheric production directly linked to the intensity of the Available online 14 March 2015 Earth’s magnetic field; (2) climate-dependent deposition; and (3) subsequent i