Fallout 210Pb as a soil and sediment tracer in catchment sediment budget investigations: A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-351

  Mabit, L ^a   Benmansour, M ^b   Abril, J M ^c   Walling, D E ^d   Meusburger, K ^e   Iurian, A R ^f   Bernard, C ^g   Tarjan S ^h   Owens, P N ⁱ   Blake, W H ^j   Alewell, C ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^g Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^h Radioanalytical Reference Laboratory   (Hungary)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

210Pbex; Sediment dating; Soil and sediment tracing; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATING METHOD; FALLOUT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; TRACER;

EID: 84908292406     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.06.007     Document Type: Review

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