Published 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Mathematical model of interaction ocean-sediment. Use in radiogeochronology

  • 1. Sevilla Univ. (Spain). Facultad de Fisica

Description

A Cesium-137 profile in a marine sediment has been studied for dating purposes. A time-dependent Cesium-137 flux function onto the sediment has been constructed from atmospheric data and Cesium-137 contents in seawater from Sellafield nuclear reprocesing plant. Then it has been used as input function for dating models. Previous linnear and complete mixing models are not useful to describe this profile. A new mathematical model based on physical and chemical processes is proposed and is shown to describe well the experimental activity profile. (Author)

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Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Desarrollo y aplicacion en radiogeocronologia de un modelo de interaccion oceano-sedimento

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Anales de Fisica, Serie B
Journal Volume
86
Journal Issue
2
Series
An. Fis., Ser. B.
Journal Page Range
159-164
ISSN
0211-6251
CODEN
AFBID