Pb-210 and Cs-137 distribution in Burullus lagoon sediments of Nile river delta, Egypt: Sedimentation rate after Aswan High Dam

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-438

  Xu, Zhuang ^a   Salem, Alaa ^b   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Sun, Qianli ^a   Yin, Daowei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Lagoon deposits; Lower fallout inventory; Nile delta coast

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ASWAN DAM; ASWAN [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NILE RIVER;

EID: 58049207897     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-008-0059-0     Document Type: Article

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