Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-541-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-541-2024
Short communication/technical note
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18 Oct 2024
Short communication/technical note |  | 18 Oct 2024

Technical note: Altitude scaling of 36Cl production from Fe

Angus K. Moore and Darryl E. Granger

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magnesiowustite/Altitude-scaling-of-Cl-36-production-from-Fe: Scaling Codes (1.0) A. Moore https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13925210

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Cosmogenic nuclide geochronology requires accurately scaling production rates with altitude. The energy spectrum of cosmic radiation changes with altitude, and reactions that are sensitive to different energies may have different scaling behavior. Here, we model the altitude scaling of 36Cl production from Fe and evaluate this model against calibration data. The data are broadly consistent with the prediction of larger-altitude scaling factors for 36Cl from Fe than for other reactions.