Use of 210Pb and 137Cs to simultaneously constrain ages and sources of post-dam sediments in the Cordeaux reservoir, Sydney, Australia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1111-1120

  Simms, Ava D ^a   Woodroffe, Colin ^a   Jones, Brian G ^a   Heijnis, Henk ^c   Mann, Rob A ^b   Harrison, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fallout radionuclides; Post dam sedimentation; Sediment chronology; Sediment source; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EROSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; SEDIMENT CHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENT SOURCE; SEDIMENT YIELD;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; CESIUM; LEAD;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DAM; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; RESERVOIR; RILL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORDEAUX RESERVOIR; KEMBLA CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

AUSTRALIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 44149090060     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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