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Quock, Melinda; Schmidt, Amanda H; Corbett, Lee B; Bierman, Paul R; Hidy, Alan J; Caffee, Marc W (2019): Meteoric Beryllium 10 flux calculated from latitude and mean annual precipitation [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.910130, In: Quock, M et al. (2019): Detrital in situ and meteoric Beryllium 10 measurements from samples taken before and after Hurricane Maria in Dominica [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.910131

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Keyword(s):
Caribbean; cosmogenic; detrital; erosion rate; tropical storm
Related to:
Graly, Joseph A; Reusser, Lucas J; Bierman, Paul R (2011): Short and long-term delivery rates of meteoric 10Be to terrestrial soils. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 302(3-4), 329-336, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.020
Quock, Melinda; Schmidt, Amanda H; Corbett, Lee B; Bierman, Paul R; Hidy, Alan J; Caffee, Marc W (2022): Hurricanes alter 10Be concentrations in tropical river sediment but do not change regional erosion rate estimates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5310
Further details:
Fick, Stephen E; Hijmans, Robert J (2017): WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas. http://worldclim.org/version2, International Journal of Climatology, 37(12), 4302-4315, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5086
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 15.417736 * Median Longitude: -61.345056 * South-bound Latitude: 15.276270 * West-bound Longitude: -61.456610 * North-bound Latitude: 15.585270 * East-bound Longitude: -61.255590
Minimum Elevation: 250.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 877.0 m
Event(s):
DM-05  * Latitude: 15.559170 * Longitude: -61.456610 * Elevation: 435.0 m * Location: Dominica Island, Lesser Antilles * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)
DM-08  * Latitude: 15.428080 * Longitude: -61.432410 * Elevation: 472.0 m * Location: Dominica Island, Lesser Antilles * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)
DM-10  * Latitude: 15.367740 * Longitude: -61.400650 * Elevation: 426.0 m * Location: Dominica Island, Lesser Antilles * Method/Device: Sediment sample (SES)
Comment:
Meteoric 10Be Flux was calculated using Graly's (2011) formula: 10Beflux = P*(1.44/(1+EXP((30.7-L)/4.36))+0.63), where P is mean annual precipitation (cm/yr) and L is latitude.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 Event labelEventSchmidt, Amanda HSite
2 LATITUDELatitudeSchmidt, Amanda HGeocode – Measured at the mid-point elevation of each watershed
3 Precipitation, annual meanMAPmmSchmidt, Amanda HData sourced from World Climate (Fick and Hijmans, 2017)
4 Beryllium-10, depositional, flux10Be flux106 atoms/cm2/aSchmidt, Amanda HCalculatedSee comment
Change history:
2022-08-30T08:12:09 – The values of Latitude and Longitude were corrected on request of the authors.
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
22 data points

Data

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Event		2 
Latitude		3 
MAP [mm]		4 
10Be flux [106 atoms/cm2/a]
DM-05 15.53257218501.24
DM-08 15.44919818551.25
DM-10 15.38830018961.27
DM-11 15.55721420021.35
DM-14 15.50362620031.35
DM-15 15.47318820571.38
DM-16 15.42752120601.38
DM-17 15.31033120231.36
DM-24L 15.31049719151.28
DM-25R 15.33334426821.80
DM-25L 15.30271518901.27