Using Chernobyl-derived 137Cs to document recent sediment deposition rates on the River Plava floodplain (Central European Russia)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 807-821

  Belyaev, V R ^a   Golosov, V N ^a,b   Markelov, M V ^a   Evrard, O ^c   Ivanova, N N ^a   Paramonova, T A ^a   Shamshurina, E N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Chernobyl derived 137Cs; European Russia; Floodplain development; Overbank sedimentation; Small rivers

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BASIN SEDIMENTS; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; CHERNOBYL; EUROPEAN RUSSIA; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; INDIVIDUAL SAMPLINGS; LOW LEVEL; LOWLAND LANDSCAPES; OVERBANK DEPOSITION; OVERBANK SEDIMENTATION; OVERBANK SEDIMENTS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SMALL RIVERS; STUDY SITES; TIME-SCALES; TWO APPROACHES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CESIUM; DEPOSITION RATES; FALLOUT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

FLOODS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGGRADATION; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

PLAVA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TULA;

EID: 84874727309     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9461     Document Type: Article

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