Recent changes in Red Lake (Romania) sedimentation rate determined from depth profiles of 210Pb and 137Cs radioisotopes

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 644-648

  Begy, R ^a   Cosma, C ^a   Timar, A ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Dating methods; Radioisotopes; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

137CS; 210PB; CONSTANT RATE; DATING METHODS; DEPTH PROFILE; GAMMA EMISSION; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; HPGE DETECTORS; ROMANIA; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DATING; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

CESIUM; DESCALING; LAKES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTATION;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DATING METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; ROMANIA; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649365431     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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