A novel method for determining residence times of river and lake sediments based on disequilibrium in the thorium decay series

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1319-1326

  Olley, Jon M ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Murray, Andrew S ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; THORIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

FLUVIAL SEDIMENT TRANSFER; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; TEMPORARY STORAGE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

LAKES; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVERS; SEDIMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISEQUILIBRIUM; LAKE SEDIMENT; RADIUM-228; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT FLUX; THORIUM-232;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030619331     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00655     Document Type: Article

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