Sedimentation rates in Bera Lake (Peninsular Malaysia) using 210Pb and 137Cs radioisotopes

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-220

  Gharibreza, Mohammadreza ^a,b   Raj, John Kuna ^a   Yusoff, Ismail ^a   Othman, Zainudin ^c   Tahir, Wan Zakaria Wan Muhamad ^d   Ashraf, Mohammad Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

210Pb and 137Cs radioisotopes; Bera Lake; CRS model; deforestation; sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879137832     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-013-0013-3     Document Type: Article

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