Published 1999 | Version v1
Computer medium

Study of sedimentation and sediments detection at the Santander Ba

Description

Two sediment cores from the Santander Bay (Spain) has been studied for dating purposes. The cores are cut off every centimeter and measured by a germanium low background gamma spectrometry system for determining the Pb-210 and the associate Ra-226 concentrations. Age profiles and sedimentation rates of the cores were calculated from the constant rate of supply model. Age profiles of the sediment constructed from the radionuclide measurements were used to determine historical trends of organic compounds and contaminant metals. The sedimentation rates calculated are increasing along the century with values from 0.08 cm/y to 0.30 cm/y. The evolution of sedimentation rates was in good agreement with the filling periods happened the last 100 years

Availability note (English)

Available from the library of the CIEN E-mail: katia@cien.energia.inf.cu; belkis@cien.energia.inf.cu

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Estudios de las tasas de sedimentacion y datacion de sedimentos en la Bahia de Santander (Espanna)

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.

Conference

Title
2. NURT 1999
Dates
26-29 Oct 1999
Place
La Habana (Cuba)

Optional Information

Notes
Published only in CD-ROM