Radionuclide dating (210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am) of recent lake sediments in a highly active geodynamic setting (Lakes Puyehue and Icalma-Chilean Lake District)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 837-850

  Arnaud, F ^a   Magand, O ^b   Chapron, E ^c   Bertrand, S ^d   Boes X ^d   Charlet, F ^c   Melieres M A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

137Cs and 241Am dating; 210Pb; Catastrophic flood; Chile; Earthquake; South America; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

137CS AND 241AM DATING; 210 PB; CATASTROPHIC FLOOD; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILE; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANO;

ARAUCANIA; CHILE; ICALMA LAKE; LOS LAGOS; PUYEHUE LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745826322     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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