This is a list which has been put together by some CRONUS-EU experts (thanks to all of you!) and me after the CRONUS summerschool at Harkány, Hungary in 2006. We thought a very small selection of papers might help real "TCN beginners" to get a feeling for the method and also to the (so far unsolved) problems related with it. The list is not at all objective and constantly under progress. See for yourself if it is helpfull! And for all the "TCN experts" out there: "I am sorry that your latest very important paper is not on this list!" ;-)
 

Reviews

T. E. Cerling, H. Craig, Geomorphology & in-situ cosmogenic isotopes, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 22 (1994) 273-317.

J. C. Gosse, F. M. Phillips, Terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclides: theory and application, Quaternary Science Review 20 (2001) 1475-1560.

M. Ozima, F. A. Podosek, Noble Gas Geochemistry, Chapter 5.5 Crust ? Cosmogenic Noble Gases, Cambridge University Press (2002) 140-147.

S. Niedermann, Cosmic-Ray-Produced Noble Gases in Terrestrial Rocks: Dating Tools for Surface Processes, in: Noble Gases in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (ed.: D. Porcelli, C. J. Ballentine, R. Wieler), Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 47 (2002) 731-784.

P. Muzikar, D. Elmore, D.E. Granger, Accelerator mass spectrometry in geologic research, GSA Bulletin 115 (2003) 643-654.

P. R. Bierman, K. Keedy Nichols, Rock to sediment - slope to sea with ¹⁰Be-rates of landscape change, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 32 (2004) 215-225.

F. von Blanckenburg, Control mechanisms of erosion and weathering at basin scale from cosmogenic nuclides in river sediments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 237 (2005) 462-479.

W. Kutschera, Progress in isotope analysis at ultra-trace level by AMS, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 242 (2005) 145-160.

S. Ivy-Ochs, M. Schaller, Examining Processes and Rates of Landscape Change with Cosmogenic Radionuclides, In: Radioactivity in the Environment, Chapter 6, 16 (2009) 231-294.

A. E. Litherland, X-L. Zhao, W. E. Kieser, Mass spectrometry with accelerators, Mass Spectrometry Reviews 30 (2011) 1037-1072.

W. Kutschera, Accelerator mass spectrometry: state of the art and perspectives, Advances in Physics: X 1 (2016) 570-595.

 

Noble gases: Analysis

M. D. Kurz, In situ production of terrestrial cosmogenic helium and some applications to geochronology, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50 (1986) 2855-2862.

S. Niedermann, T. Graf, K. Marti, Mass spectrometric identification of cosmic-ray produced neon in terrestrial rocks with multiple neon components, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 118 (1993) 65-73.

S. Niedermann, W. Bach, J. Erzinger, Noble gas evidence for a lower mantle component in MORBs from the southern East Pacific Rise, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61 (1997) 2697-2715.

 

Chemistry Be-10/Al-26

S. Vogt, U. Herpers, Radiochemical separation techniques for the determination of long-lived radionuclides in meteorites by means of accelerator-mass-spectrometry, Fresenius Z. Anal.Chem. 33 (1988) 186-188.

E .T. Brown, J. M. Edmond, G. M. Raisbeck, F. Yiou, M. D. Kurz, E .J. Brook, Examination of surface exposure ages of Antarctic moraines using in-situ produced ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55 (1991) 2269-2283.

C. P. Kohl, K. Nishiizumi, Chemical isolation of quartz for measurement of in-situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56 (1992) 3583-3587.

R. G. Ditchburn. N. E. Whitehead, The separation of ¹⁰Be from silicates, 3^rd Workshop of the South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association (1994) 4-7. / expanded version online

S. Merchel, U. Herpers, An Update on Radiochemical Separation Techniques for the Determination of Long-Lived Radionuclides via Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Radiochimica Acta 84 (1999) 215-219.

V.A. Sulaymonova, M.C. Fuchs, R. Gloaguen, R. Möckel, S. Merchel, M. Rudolph, M.R. Krbetschek, Feldspar flotation as a quartz-purification method in cosmogenic nuclide dating: A case study of fluvial sediments from the Pamir, MethodsX 5 (2018) 717-726.

S. Merchel, S. Beutner, T. Opel, G. Rugel, A. Scharf, C. Tiessen, S. Weiß, S. Wetterich, Attempts to understand potential deficiencies in chemical procedures for AMS, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 456 (2019) 186-192.

S. Merchel, A. Gärtner, S. Beutner, B. Bookhagen, A. Chabilan, Attempts to understand potential deficiencies in chemical procedures for AMS: Cleaning and dissolving quartz for ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al analysis, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 455 (2019) 293-299.

 

Chemistry Cl-36

S. Vogt, U. Herpers, Radiochemical separation techniques for the determination of long-lived radionuclides in meteorites by means of accelerator-mass-spectrometry, Fresenius Z. Anal. Chem. 33 (1988) 186-188.

J. O. Stone, G. L. Allan, L. K. Fifield, R. G. Cresswell, Cosmogenic chlorine-36 from calcium spallation, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60 (1996) 679-692. / expanded version online

S. Merchel, U. Herpers, An Update on Radiochemical Separation Techniques for the Determination of Long-Lived Radionuclides via Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Radiochim. Acta 84 (1999) 215-219.

S. Jiang, Y. Lin, H. Zhang, Improvement of the sample preparation method for AMS measurement of ³⁶Cl in natural environment, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B223-224 (2004) 318-322.

S. Merchel, R. Braucher, V. Alfimov, M. Bichler, D.L. Bourlès, J.M. Reitner, The potential of historic rock avalanches and man-made structures as chlorine-36 production rate calibration sites, Quat. Geochron. 18 (2013) 54-62.

 

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)

R. C. Finkel, M. Suter, AMS in the Earth Sciences: Technique and Applications, Advances in Analytical Geochemistry 1 (1993) 1-114.

C. Tuniz, J. R. Bird, D. Fink, G. F. Herzog, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, CRC Press (1998).

S. Merchel, M. Arnold, G. Aumaître, L. Benedetti, D. L. Bourlès, R. Braucher, V. Alfimov, S. P. H. T. Freeman, P. Steier, A. Wallner, Towards more precise ¹⁰Be and ³⁶Cl data from measurements at the 10^-14 level: Influence of sample preparation, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B266 (2008) 4921-4926.

R. Golser, W. Kutschera, Twenty Years of VERA: Toward a Universal Facility for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Physics News 27 (2017) 29-34.

 

Production rates

K. Nishiizumi, E. L. Winterer, C. P. Kohl, J. Klein, R. Middleton, D. Lal, J. R. Arnold, Cosmic ray production rates of ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al in quartz from glacially polished rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research 94 (1989) 17907-17915.

J. Masarik, R. C. Reedy, Terrestrial cosmogenic-nuclide production systematics calculated from numerical simulations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 136 (1995) 381-395.

J. O. Stone, G. L. Allan, L. K. Fifield, R. G. Cresswell, Cosmogenic chlorine-36 from calcium spallation, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60 (1996) 679-692.

J. O. H. Stone, J. M. Evans, L. K. Fifield, G. L. Allan, R. G. Cresswell, Cosmogenic chlorine-36 production in calcite from muons, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62 (1998) 433-454.

S. Niedermann, The ²¹Ne production rate in quartz revisited, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 181 (2000) 361-364.

T. J. Dunai, J. R. Wijbrans, Long-term cosmogenic ³He production rates (152 ka-1.35 Ma) from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dated basalt flows at 29°N latitude, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 176 (2000) 147-156.

F. M. Phillips, W. D. Stone, J. T. Fabryka-Martin, An improved approach to calculating low-energy cosmic-ray neutron fluxes near the land/atmosphere interface, Chemical Geology 175 (2001) 689-701.

J. M. Licciardi, M. D. Kurz, J.M. Curtice, Cosmogenic ³He production rates from Holocene lava flows in Iceland, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 246 (2006) 251-264.

J. Masarik, K. J. Kim, R. C. Reedy, Numerical simulation of in situ production of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B259 (2007) 642-645.

J.M. Licciardi, C.L. Denoncourt, R.C. Finkel, Cosmogenic ³⁶Cl production rates from Ca spallation in Iceland, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 267 (2008) 365-377.

I. Schimmelpfennig, Sources of in-situ ³⁶Cl in basaltic rocks. Implications for calibration of production rates, Quaternary Geochronology 4 (2009) 441-461.

R. Braucher, S. Merchel, J. Borgomano, D.L. Bourlès, Production of cosmogenic radionuclides at great depth: A multi element approach, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 309 (2011) 1-9.

 

Nuclear reactions/geometry

R. Braucher, D. Bourlès, S. Merchel, J. Vidal Romani, D. Fernadez-Mosquera, K. Marty, L. Léanni, F. Chauvet, M. Arnold, G. Aumaître, K. Keddadouche, Determination of muon attenuation lengths in depth profiles from in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 294 (2013) 484-490.

B. Heisinger, D. Lal, A. J. T. Jull, P. Kubik, S. Ivy-Ochs, S. Neumaier, K. Knie, V. Lazarev, E. Nolte, Production of selected cosmogenic radionuclides by muons: 1. Fast muons, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 200 (2002) 345-355.

B. Heisinger, D. Lal, A. J. T. Jull, P. Kubik, S. Ivy-Ochs, K. Knie, E. Nolte, Production of selected cosmogenic radionuclides by muons: 2. Capture of negative muons, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 200 (2002) 357-369.

J. Masarik, R. Wieler, Production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in boulders, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 216 (2003) 201-208.

 

Scaling factors

D. Lal, Cosmic ray labeling of ersosion surfaces: in situ nuclide production rates and erosion models, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 104 (1991) 424-439.

J. O. Stone, Air pressure and cosmogenic isotope production, Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (2000) 23753-23759.

T. J. Dunai, Scaling factors for production rates of in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides: a critical re-evaluation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 176 (2000) 157-169. See also comments by Desilets et al. 188 (2001) 283-287 and reply by Dunai 188 (2001) 289-298.

T. J. Dunai, Influence of secular variation of the geomagnetic field on production rates of in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 193 (2001) 197-212.

J. Masarik, M. Frank, J. M. Sch?er, R. Wieler, Correction of in situ cosmogenic nuclide production rates for geomagnetic field intensity variation during the past 800,000 years, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65 (2001) 2995-3003.

D. Desilets, M. Zreda, Spatial and temporal distribution of secondary cosmic-ray nucleon intensities and applications to in situ cosmogenic dating, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 206 (2003) 21-42.

J. S. Pigati, N. A. Lifton, Geomagnetic effects on time-integrated cosmogenic nuclide production with emphasis on in situ ¹⁴C and ¹⁰Be, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 226 (2004) 193-205.

N. A. Lifton, J. W. Bieber, J. M. Clem, M. L. Duldig, P. Evenson, J. E. Humble, R. Pyle, Addressing solar modulation and long-term uncertainties in scaling secondary cosmic rays for in situ cosmogenic nuclide applications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 239 (2005) 140-161.

 

Related topics maybe useful

I. McDougall, T. M. Harrison, Geochronology and Thermochronology by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar method, Oxford University Press (1999).