Analytical and sampling constraints in 210Pb dating

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1298-1304

  MacKenzie, A B ^a   Hardie, S M L ^a,b   Farmer, J G ^c   Eades, L J ^c   Pulford, I D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Age bias; CRS model; Sampling and analysis constraints

Indexed keywords

210PB DATING; AGE BIAS; CONSTANT RATE; CRS MODEL; DETECTION LIMITS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FRESH WATER LAKES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OLD AGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LEAD DEPOSITS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; SAMPLING BIAS; SEDIMENT CORE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONSTANT RATE OF SUPPLY MODEL; DOSIMETRY; LAKE SEDIMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 79851510996     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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