Limnology and Oceanography · 1973 · 159 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeologyGeochemistrySedimentologySoil ChemistryErosionSediment AnalysisSediment ChemistrySediment DynamicsSediment PropertiesSoil ErosionCesium-137 DatingRadiogenic Isotope DatingReservoir SedimentationSediment ChronologySediment Concentration ProfilesSediment Contamination By RadionuclidesSediment DatingSoil Contamination By Radionuclides
Radioactive fallout 137 Cs can be used to date sediment deposited in lakes and reservoirs since 1959. Within small regional watersheds, fallout 137 Cs is assumed to be uniformly distributed on the surface soil and is tightly adsorbed to surface soil particles. Some of these soil particles naturally labeled with 137 Cs then move through the sedimentation cycle and can be used to date sediment profiles. Two distinct periods of erosion and sedimentation (1959–1960 and 1963–1964) can be associated with periods of maximum atmospheric fallout. Data from other reservoirs illustrate the utility of this method.
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METHODS OF MAKING MECHANICAL ANALYSES OF SOILS
Victor J. Kilmer, Lyle T. Alexander · Soil Science · 1949 · 751 citations
Radioactive fission product 137 Cs in mushrooms in W. Germany during 1963-1970.
H. Grueter · PubMed · 1971 · 63 citations