Changes of coastal sedimentation in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, South Pacific Mexico, over the last 100 years from short-lived radionuclide measurements

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-536

  Ruiz Fernandez A C ^a   Hillaire Marcel, C ^b   de Vernal, A ^b   Machain Castillo, M L ^a   Vasquez L ^a   Ghaleb, B ^b   Aspiazu Fabian J A ^c   Paez Osuna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb geochrology; Gulf of Tehuantepec; industrial activities and demographic expansion; sedimentation and accumulation rates; sediments

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; COASTAL ZONE; DEFORESTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LAND USE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 63049133779     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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