@article{fdi:010058856,
  title = {{D}etermination of muon attenuation lengths in depth profiles from in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides},
  author = {{B}raucher, {R}. and {B}ourles, {D}. and {M}erchel, {S}. and {R}omani, {J}. {V}. and {F}ernadez-{M}osquera, {D}. and {M}arti, {K}. and {L}eanni, {L}aetitia and {C}hauvet, {F}. and {A}rnold, {M}. and {A}umaitre, {G}. and {K}eddadouche, {K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}osmogenic nuclides are important tools to understand and quantify the processes that control the development and evolution of landscapes during the quaternary. {A}mong all published studies, few are related to the accurate and precise determination of the physical parameters governing their production in the {E}arth's crust surface (in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides) and its evolution as a function of depth below the {E}arth's surface. {C}urrently, it is nearly impossible to advocate global parameters that could be used worldwide. {I}ndeed, at each sampling site, not only the geometry and the mineralogy will differ but also their evolution as a function of depth. {I}n this paper, a new approach based on the measurement of the evolution of cosmogenic nuclide concentrations along depth profiles to determine the muon attenuation lengths is proposed. {C}ontrarily to previous studies that used to describe both slow and fast muons, only one type of muons will be considered in this paper and nuclide accumulation at depth will be described by a single exponential. {T}he determined attenuation length integrates the potential effect of the chemical composition of the overlying matrix and takes into account the entire energy range of the incident particles. {A}dditionally, when denudational steady state is reached, muon contributions can be determined. {W}hen scaled to sea level, these contributions appear to be comparable for a given nuclide whatever the site where they have been determined. {T}he average weighted muon contributions are 0.028 +/- 0.004 atoms g(-1) a(-1) for {B}e-10, 0.233 +/- 0.045 atoms g(-1) a(-1) for {A}l-26 and 1.063 +/- 0.329 atoms g(-1) a(-1) for {C}l-36 and are valid within the depth range 0-6500 g cm(-2).},
  keywords = {{C}osmogenic nuclides ; {M}uon ; {A}ttenuation length ; {D}epth profile},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}uclear {I}nstruments and {M}ethods in {P}hysics {R}esearch {S}ection {B}.{B}eam {I}nteractions with {M}aterials and {A}toms},
  volume = {294},
  numero = {},
  pages = {484--490},
  ISSN = {0168-583{X}},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.nimb.2012.05.023},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058856},
}