Sediment accumulation rate in the red lake (Romania) determined by Pb-210 and Cs-137 radioisotopes

Romanian Reports of Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 943-949

  Begy, R ^a   Cosma, C ^a   Horvath, Z ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649123970     PISSN: 1221146X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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