Sediment deposition rate in the Falefa River basin, Upolu Island, Samoa

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-63

  Terry, James P ^a   Kostaschuk, Ray A ^b   Garimella, Sitaram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; Alluvial sedimentation; Samoa; South Pacific islands; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

137CS; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION; SAMOA; SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CESIUM 137;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENTATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMIDITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RECORDING; RIVER; SAMOA; SEDIMENT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; SAMOA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA;

EID: 28844504301     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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