Geochronological reconstruction of 137Cs transport from the Coruh river to the SE Black Sea: Comparative assessment of radionuclide retention in the mountainous catchment area

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 17-19, 2003, Pages 1811-1819

  Gulin, S B ^a   Polikarpov, G G ^a   Martin, J M ^b  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Chernobyl accident; Coruh River (41 39.7 N 41 33.2 E); Dating; Global fallout; Radioactive tracers; River inflow; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DELTA; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0346734390     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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