Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides and Surface Exposure-Age Dating

Exposure-age dating allows geomorphologists to obtain critical age information for landforms offset by faults, or faults themselves.

I am constantly developing TCND and field-ready techniques for relative and calibrated-age dating in neotectonics. See the following papers:

Schmidt hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of late Quaternary fluvial terraces in New Zealand

Field estimate of paleoseismic slip on a normal fault using the Schmidt hammer and terrestrial LiDAR: Methods and application to the Hebgen fault (Montana, USA)

Tectonic geomorphology of the Fox Peak and Forest Creek Faults, South Canterbury, New Zealand: slip rates, segmentation and earthquake magnitudes

Contact me if you’re interested in applying these techniques in other settings.

**I am director of the newly renovated University of Canterbury Cosmogenics Preparation Laboratory. We have some great new gear and will be accepting external samples for 10Be preparation starting 2019. You can find out more here.