Radionuclides and stable elements in the sediments of the Yesa Reservoir, Central Spanish Pyrenees

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1082-1098

  Navas, Ana ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas ^b   Gaspar, Leticia ^a   Palazón, Leticia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma emitting; Natural and artificial radionuclides; Sedimentary sequence; Siltation; Spanish Pyrenees; Stable elements; Yesa Reservoir

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GRAIN SIZE; INFILL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAD ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SILTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER RESOURCE;

ARAGON; SPAIN; YESA RESERVOIR; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 84860418280     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0401-0     Document Type: Article

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