The character, volume and implications of sediment impounded in mill dams in Scotland: The case of the Baldernock Mill dam in East Dunbartonshire

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-110

  Bishop, Paul ^a   Muñoz Salinas, Esperanza ^a   Mackenzie, Angus B ^b   Pulford, Ian ^a   Mckibbin, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; channel adjustment; lead isotopes; reservoir sedimentation; trap efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022979041     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691010009205     Document Type: Article

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