Tracer Geochemistry Seminar 2: Applications of Short-Lived Radionuclides

A few words on U-series disequilibria techniques (Ryan)

Papers: Marot and Hutchings

Wallbrink, P.J. and A.S. Murray, 1993, Use of fallout radionuclides as indicators of erosion processes. Hydrological Processes, 7; 297-304.

Brenner, M., A.J. Peplow, C.L. Schelske, 1994 Disequilibrium between 226Ra and supported 210Pb in a sediment core from a shallow Florida lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 39; 1222-1227.

Heijnis, H. and J. van der Plicht (1992) Uranium/thorium dating of Late Pleistocene peat deposits in NW Europe, uranium/thorium isotope systematics, and open system behaviour of peat layers. Chemical Geology (Isotope Geoscience Section), 94; 161-171.

Bradbury, K.R., 1991, Tritium as an indicator of ground-water age in central Wisconsin. Groundwater, 29; 398-

Wieland, E., et al. 1993, Scavenging of Chernobyl Cs and natural Pb in Lake Sempach, Switzerland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57, 2959.

Kristoff, L.M. et al., 1990, Radium-226 and tritium in public well supplies of the greater Chicago area. Jour. AWWA Res. and Technol., 77.

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