Natural (210Pb, 7Be) and fallout (137Cs, 239,240Pu, 90Sr) radionuclides as geochemical tracers of sedimentation in Greifensee, Switzerland

doi:10.1016/0009-2541(87)90162-8

Chemical Geology

Volume 63, Issues 3–4, 5 August 1987, Pages 181-196

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Abstract

The average sedimentation rate of Greifensee has been evaluated by using varve counting and ²¹⁰Pb and fallout radionuclide dating from 4 different sites in the lake, to amount to 0.14 ± 0.02 g cm⁻² yr.⁻¹. The geochronology of Greifensee agrees with previous dating attempts based on varve counting of sediments from the deepest part of the lake (Emerson and Widmer, 1978). A simple erosion model for substances derived predominantly from the drainage basin can explain the inventories of the natural and fallout radionuclides in the lake sediments.

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^∗1: Present address: Institute of Geochemistry, Academica Sinica, Guiyang, Suizhou Province, The People's Republic of China.

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Research paperNatural (210Pb, 7Be) and fallout (137Cs, 239,240Pu, 90Sr) radionuclides as geochemical tracers of sedimentation in Greifensee, Switzerland

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Research paper
Natural (²¹⁰Pb, ⁷Be) and fallout (¹³⁷Cs, ^239,240Pu, ⁹⁰Sr) radionuclides as geochemical tracers of sedimentation in Greifensee, Switzerland

Final tabulation of monthly ⁹⁰Sr fallout data: 1954–1976

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