Examining 239+240Pu, 210Pb and historical events to determine carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus burial in mangrove sediments of Moreton Bay, Australia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 623-629

  Sanders, Christian J ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a   Breithaupt, Joshua L ^b   Smoak, Joseph M ^b   Ketterer, Michael ^c   Call, Mitchell ^a   Sanders, Luciana ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation; Geochronology; Impacted mangroves; Lead 210; Plutonium 239+240

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; CARBON ACCUMULATION; IMPACTED MANGROVES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LEAD 210; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

LEAD 210; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STABLE ISOTOPE; CARBON; LEAD; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; TRACER;

ANTHROPOGENIC NUTRIENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUSTRALIA; BAY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSTANT INITIAL CONCENTRATION; CONSTANT RATE OF SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MANGROVE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN BURIAL; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; PHOSPHORUS BURIAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; QUEENSLAND; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

BAYS; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLUTONIUM; QUEENSLAND; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WETLANDS;

EID: 84958679830     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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