Recent changes in sedimentation regime in Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba, as inferred from 210Pb and 137Cs vertical profiles

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-167

  Alonso Hernandez, C M ^a   Diaz Asencio, M ^a   Munoz Caravaca, A ^a   Delfanti, R ^b   Papucci, C ^b   Ferretti, O ^b   Crovato, C ^c  

^a Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

^b ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Caribbean Sea; Cienfuegos Bay; Cuba; Sedimentation rates

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIENFUEGOS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 31144452535     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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