Use of lead isotopes for developing chronologies in recent salt-marsh sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-49

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Sommerfield, Christopher K ^b   Vane, Christopher H ^c   Horton, Benjamin P ^d   Chenery, Simon ^c   Anisfeld, Shimon ^a   Nikitina, Daria ^e  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Lead isotopes; Salt marsh; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867142484     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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