Determining sources and transit times of suspended sediment in the Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia, using fallout 137Cs and 210Pb

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 879-887

  Wallbrink, P J ^a   Murray, A S ^a,c   Olley, J M ^a   Olive, L J ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d School of Engineering and Information Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; EROSION; FALLOUT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RUNOFF; SOILS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CULTIVATED LANDS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FINE-GRAINED MATERIAL; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0031922635     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03471     Document Type: Article

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