Bioturbation depths, rates and processes in Massachusetts Bay sediments inferred from modeling of 210Pb and 239 + 240Pu profiles

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 643-655

  Crusius, John ^a   Bothner, Michael H ^a   Sommerfield, Christopher K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioturbation; food caching; non local mixing; radionuclides; sediment mixing model

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIXING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE;

MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844286100     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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