Environmental change and atmospheric contamination on Svalbard: Sediment chronology

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-443

  Appleby, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 241Am; Lake sediments; Radiometric dating; Sediment chronology; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 3442877897     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPL.0000022545.73163.ed     Document Type: Article

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