Sources of alluvium in a coastal plain stream based on radionuclide signatures from the 238U and 232Th decay series

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 241-2411

  Yeager, Kevin M ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a   Phillips, Jonathan D ^b   Herbert, Bruce E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Fingerprinting; Natural radionuclides; Source apportioning

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

ALLUVIAL SOURCES;

HYDROLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COASTAL PLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RADIONUCLIDE;

LOCO BAYOU BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036880450     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000956     Document Type: Article

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