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Application of Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Quaternary Sciences Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

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The Quaternary Period begins at 2.58 Ma and was defined by the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) in 2009. The Quaternary comprises only 0.4% of Earth’s history but is crucial for humans because of glacial and interglacial events. The oxygen isotope studies in the microfossils of the deep marine sediments have revealed the glacial and interglacial cycles at 100 ka, 43 ka, 24 ka and 19 ka for the past 700 ka due to Milankovitch cycles. Therefore, it is important to reconstruct the past climate and environmental changes and model them to predict such events which may happen in future. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is an ultrasensitive technique to handle a very small sample size and provides isotopic ratios for many elements which help understand the evolution of Quaternary landforms and climate. In this chapter, we have discussed the working principle of AMS and different cosmogenic radionuclides (CRN) which help reconstruct past climate and tectonic events. Further, different geomorphological features and landforms such as loess, lakes, river terraces, ice cores, etc., are also discussed, where cosmogenic radionuclide proxy can be applied to understand the past changes in the climate on a global or regional scales. Denudation rates are an important proxy to understand the palaeo-humidity and temperature conditions, and the role of CRNs to estimate accurate palaeo-denudation rates has also been discussed in the chapter.

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Singh, A.K., Kumar, P. (2022). Application of Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Quaternary Sciences Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. In: Khare, N. (eds) Science, Policies and Conflicts of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16254-1_13

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