Three decades of dating recent sediments by fallout radionuclides: A review

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Appleby, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; CRS dating model; Fallout radionuclides; Lake sediments; Radioisotope dating

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; DATING METHOD; FALLOUT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD-LEAD DATING; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINWATER; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 40849086374     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085598     Document Type: Review

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