On the use of 210Pb-based records of sedimentation rates and activity concentrations for tracking past environmental changes

JM Abril - Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead-210 from natural atmospheric fallout is widely used in multidisciplinary studies to date
recent sediments. Some of the 210 Pb-based dating models can produce historical records …

Geochemical behavior of heavy metals and radionuclides in a pit lake affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Muskau Arch (Poland)

I Sekudewicz, M Syczewski, J Rohovec… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pit lakes in the 'anthropogenic lake district'in the Muskau Arch (western Poland; central
Europe) are strongly affected by acid mine drainage (AMD). The studied acidic pit lake, ŁK …

Fine-tuning of 210Pb-based methods for dating vegetated saltmarsh sediments

AR Iurian, G Millward, W Blake… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Saltmarshes, wetlands, inter-tidal mudflats are highly productive natural ecosystems with
significant ecological value. 210 Pb and 137 Cs have been used for establishing …

Radiometric dating of recent sediments: on the performance of 210Pb-based CRS chronologies under varying rates of supply

JM Abril - Quaternary Geochronology, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiometric dating was a revolutionary contribution to the study of sedimentary processes.
Empirical data from varved sediments show that unsupported 210 Pb (210 Pb exc) fluxes …

Effects of river infrastructures on the floodplain sedimentary environment in the Rhône River

S Vauclin, B Mourier, A Tena, H Piégay… - Journal of Soils and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose River infrastructures such as dikes, groynes, and dams are ubiquitous on most
large rivers, and although their consequences on the riverbed morphology have often been …

A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem

CL Dutton, AL Subalusky, TD Hill, JC Aleman… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mara River basin is a trans-boundary basin of international importance. It forms
the headwaters of the Nile River and serves as the primary dry season water source for an …

Historical trends and assessment of radionuclides and heavy metals in sediments near an abandoned mine, Lavrio, Greece

FK Pappa, C Tsabaris, DL Patiris… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Two sediment cores (coastal and offshore) and surface sediments were collected near an
abandoned mine area in the marine environment of Oxygono Bay at Lavreotiki peninsula to …

A comparison of 210Pbxs, 137Cs, and Pu isotopes as proxies of soil redistribution in South Spain under severe erosion conditions

A Peñuela, S Hurtado, V García-Gamero… - Journal of Soils and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The use of fallout radionuclides as proxies for the study of soil redistribution
processes in semiarid environments of Southern Spain has been restricted to 137Cs. The …

Occurrence and depositional history of organochlorine pesticides in the sediments of the Zayandehrud River in the arid region of Central Iran

MN Varnosfaderany, A Soffianian, N Mirghaffari, Z Gu… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, surface sediments along the Zayandehrud River (14 samples), and two dated
core sediments (46 samples) from small artificial urban lakes at the middle section of the …

Environmental radioactivity and trace metals in surficial sediments from estuarine systems in Ghana (Equatorial Africa), impacted by artisanal gold-mining

E Klubi, JM Abril, J Mantero, R García-Tenorio… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reports concentrations of γ-emitter radionuclides (40 K, 137 Cs, 210 Pb, 226 Ra,
228 Ra, 228 Th and 234 Th) and some metals (Al, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Cd, Sb, Cs …