Using fallout radionuclides to investigate recent overbank sedimentation rates on river floodplains: An overview

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 367, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-234

  Golosov, V ^a,b   Walling, D E ^c  

^a KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 239 240Pu; 7Be; bomb derived fallout; Chernobyl fallout; fallout radionuclide; geochronology; overbank sedimentation rates; river floodplain

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CESIUM; FALLOUT; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS;

CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; IMPORTANT SAMPLINGS; OVERBANK SEDIMENTATION; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEDIMENTATION;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 84944711541     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/piahs-367-228-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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