Use of 7Be, 210Pb and 137Cs tracers to the transport of surface sediments of the Changjiang Estuary, China

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-294

  Du, Jinzhou ^a   Wu, Yunfeng ^a   Huang, Dekun ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; 7Be; Changjiang Estuary; Radioactive tracers; Sediment transport processes

Indexed keywords

137CS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; CURRENT STRUCTURE; DRY AND WET; FINE SEDIMENTS; MATERIAL BALANCE; SEA BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER MASS; YELLOW SEA; ZHEJIANG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CESIUM; ESTUARIES; LEAD; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL CURRENT; DRY DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77955277911     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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