Chernobyl 137Cs used to determine sediment accretion rates at selected northern European coastal wetlands

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 444-450

  Callaway, J C ^a,b   DeLaune, R D ^a   Patrick Jr , W H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029778769     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.3.0444     Document Type: Article

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