Using 137Cs and 210Pbex and other sediment source fingerprints to document suspended sediment sources in small forested catchments in south-central Chile

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-159

  Schuller, P ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Iroume A ^a   Quilodran C ^a   Castillo, A ^a   Navas, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Excess lead 210; Fingerprinting technique; Forest catchments; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUES; FOREST CATCHMENT; LEAD 210; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RAIN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLEARCUTTING; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FALLOUT; FOREST FLOOR; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOBILIZATION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOREST; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WATER QUALITY;

CAESIUM-137; EXCESS LEAD-210; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE; FOREST CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILE; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RAIN; TREES;

CESIUM; CHILE; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LEAD; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CHILE;

EID: 84879275308     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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