Title Sedimentary processes : quantification using radionuclides / J. Carroll and I. Lerche

Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003

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Description x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Radioactivity in the environment ; v. 5 Radioactivity in the environment ; v. 5 Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- Chapter 1. Introduction 1 -- 1. Non-radioactive dating methods 2 -- 2. Stable nuclides and other indicators of relative age 3 -- 3. Radiometric dating 4 -- 4. Applications of radiometric dating 6 -- Chapter 2. Radiometric methods 9 -- 1. Basic procedure 9 -- 2. Advanced procedures 11 -- 3. Synthetic tests of the SIT method 17 -- 4. Method comparison 24 -- Appendix A. Technical development of SIT method for unmixed sediments 26 -- Chapter 3. Single site studies 37 -- 1. Lake sediments and 210pb geochronology 37 -- 2. Marine sediments and multi-radionuclide geochronology 41 -- 3. Creel Bay and Main Bay, Devil's Lake, North Dakota 49 -- 4. Discussion and conclusions 56 -- Appendix A. Resolution and uncertainty for disentanglement procedures 57 -- Chapter 4. Multiple site studies 63 -- 1. Amazon Delta test case 63 -- 2. 87Sr/ 86Sr sediment ages in stratigraphy studies 72 -- 3. Eastern Arabian Sea 76 -- Appendix A 79 -- Chapter 5. Sediment mixing 81 -- 1. Introduction 81 -- 2. Basic model 82 -- 3. Organism-specific models 84 -- 4. Physical turbation 84 -- -- -- -- -- 5. A sedimentation model with bioturbation 86 -- 6. Applications and limitations 92 -- Chapter 6. Biological mixing coefficients 97 -- 1. Simple linear adsorption 97 -- 2. Diffusion 105 -- 3. Microscale diffusion 105 -- 4. Bulk diffusion 106 -- 5. Near surficial rapid mixing 109 -- 6. Partition coefficient effects 112 -- Chapter 7. Marine contaminant studies 115 -- 1. Sources of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the White Sea 115 -- 2. Burial history of radioactive waste in the Kara Sea 118 -- 3. Incorporation of uranium mill tailings into North Pond, Colorado 124 -- 4. Organic carbon preservation in Lake Baikal sediments, Russia 127 -- Chapter 8. Concerning error estimates in age dating of stage boundaries 143 -- 1. Introduction 143 -- 2. Minimum error interpolation 144 -- 3. Combined absolute and stratigraphic radiometric errors 146 -- 4. General age/stage interpolations 147 -- 5. A corollary 151 -- Chapter 9. Epilogue 157 -- Appendix A: Sediment Isotope Tomography software, general requirements -- and operation 159 -- Introduction 159 -- 1. Applications and general limitations 159 -- 2. Model design 160 -- 3. SIT model usage 168 -- 4. Example simulations 170 -- Sediment Isotope Tomography Code 187 -- References 263 -- Subject Index 271 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index Subject Sedimentary rocks -- Analysis -- Case studies. Sedimentary rocks -- Analysis. Sediments (Geology) -- Analysis. Sediments (Geology) -- Analysis -- Case studies. Marine sediments -- Analysis. Marine sediments -- Analysis -- Case studies. Radioactive dating. Radioisotopes in geology. Genre/Form Case studies. Case studies Case studies. Author Lerche, I. (Ian) LC no. 2004270985 ISBN 0080443001

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