Sediment chronology in San Francisco Bay, California, defined by 210Pb, 234Th, 137Cs, and 239,240Pu

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-27

  Fuller, C C ^a   Van Geen, A ^a   Baskaran, M ^b   Anima, R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radioisotope profiles; San Francisco Bay; Sediment chronology

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032960050     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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