Sources and ages of fine-grained sediment to streams using fallout radionuclides in the Midwestern United States

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 194, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-85

  Gellis, Allen C ^a   Fuller, Christopher C ^b   Van Metre, Peter C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwest United States; Radionuclides; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT; PESTICIDES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

BED MATERIALS; BED SEDIMENTS; CHANNEL SOURCE; CHANNEL-DERIVED SEDIMENTS; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; LAND SURFACE; MIDWEST UNITED STATE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SOURCES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BERYLLIUM 7; BIFENTHRIN; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FALLOUT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85016911208     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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