Assumptions and challenges in the use of fallout beryllium-7 as a soil and sediment tracer in river basins

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-

  Taylor, A ^a   Blake, W H ^a   Smith, H G ^b   Mabit, L ^c   Keith Roach, M J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IAEA Laboratories Seibersdorf   (Austria)

^d Kemakta Konsult   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Radionuclide; Soil redistribution; Tracing

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84883640527     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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