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DOI10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.005
Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert
Matmon, A.1; Mushkin, A.2; Enzel, Y.1; Grodek, T.3
通讯作者Matmon, A.
来源期刊GEOMORPHOLOGY
ISSN0169-555X
EISSN1872-695X
出版年2013
卷号201页码:52-59
英文摘要

Namibia, with its passive margin setting, long-term tectonic stability, and long-lasting arid climate is a typical granitic landscape characterized by numerous dominating inselbergs. The Namib has been the focus of quantitative studies on the overall rates of bedrock exhumation, escarpment retreat, and sediment generation, transport, and deposition. Results from these studies indicate steady bedrock erosion rates ranging between 1 and 5 mm kyr(-1) over the last 10(5)-10(6) yr. This rate was determined from samples collected mostly from small inselbergs with low relief. How fast the large and "classic" inselbergs, which dominate the Namib Desert landscape, erode, generate sediment, and contribute to the overall sediment supply has yet to be systematically examined.


We document erosion rates of the Gross Spitzkoppe (GS), one of the largest inselbergs in the Namib Desert, Namibia, based on measured concentrations of Be-10 in samples collected from bedrock, boulders, and surface grus. The results suggest a slow lowering rate (1-2 mm kyr(-1)), while the overall slope processes deliver sediment to the base of the cliff with 5-6 x 10(5) atoms g(-1) quartz. This concentration is equivalent to an average erosion rate of similar to 8 mm kyr(-1), 2-3 times faster than the bedrock lowering rate. Thus, the inselberg has been eroding by cliff retreat. The concentration of cosmogenic isotopes in slope sediment is controlled by exposure time on the slope, weathering of exposed bedrock, and weathering of subsurface bedrock.


Sediment continues to accumulate cosmogenic isotopes while being transported on the flat pediments surrounding the inselberg. Within 1-2 km from the base of the GS, the concentration doubles to similar to 10 x 10(5) atoms g(-1) quartz. The increase is achieved by dosing due to exposure and mixing with highly dosed sediment eroded from near subsurface bedrock. From this area, grus is transported through a network of low gradient channels to the Atlantic Ocean, similar to 100 km away. Cosmogenic isotope concentration in sediment increases to similar to 30 x 10(5) atoms of Be-10 g(-1) quartz, which is 3-4 times higher than that measured in the grus close to the GS and is controlled by the erosion rate of stable bedrock throughout the entire drainage basin. Dosing due to exposure during transport obviously contributes to the overall measured concentration in the sediment as it approaches the ocean. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Inselberg erosion Cosmogenic isotopes Sediment generation Hyper arid environment Namibia Spitzkoppe
类型Article
语种英语
国家Israel ; France
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000326766500004
WOS关键词COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES ; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION ; MOJAVE DESERT ; BE-10 ; RATES ; AL-26 ; SURFACES ; EXPOSURE ; HISTORY
WOS类目Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development ; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/177391
作者单位1.Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Inst Earth Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel;
2.Geol Survey Israel, IL-95501 Jerusalem, Israel;
3.Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Geog, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel;
4.Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CEREGE, UMR 6635, F-13545 Aix En Provence 4, France
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Matmon, A.,Mushkin, A.,Enzel, Y.,et al. Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert[J]. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,2013,201:52-59.
APA Matmon, A.,Mushkin, A.,Enzel, Y.,&Grodek, T..(2013).Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert.GEOMORPHOLOGY,201,52-59.
MLA Matmon, A.,et al."Erosion of a granite inselberg, Gross Spitzkoppe, Namib Desert".GEOMORPHOLOGY 201(2013):52-59.
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