Quantifying the erosion processes and land-uses which dominate fine sediment supply to Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland, Australia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Wallbrink, Peter J ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mixing models; Radionuclide tracers; Sediment sources; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; EROSION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS;

EROSION RISKS; EROSION SOURCES; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; SOIL EROSION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; RADIUM 226;

RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; LAND USE; RISK; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; QUEENSLAND; RADON; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 3042741987     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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