Radiometric dating of the United Kingdom SWAP sites
- 12 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 327 (1240) , 233-238
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1990.0057
Abstract
Measurements of $^{210}$Pb by direct gamma assay have been used to date sediment cores from Surface Water Acidification Project (SWAP) study sites in the U.K. The results were checked against additional dating evidence from the artificial fallout isotopes $^{137}$Cs and $^{241}$Am. At one of the sites, Devoke Water in Cumbria, the $^{137}$Cs and $^{241}$Am data were crucial in identifying a recent sediment hiatus. At sites with recently afforested catchments the sediment record indicated substantial increases in accumulation rates.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- The calculation of lead-210 dates assuming a constant rate of supply of unsupported 210Pb to the sedimentPublished by Elsevier ,2005
- 210Pb dating by low background gamma countingHydrobiologia, 1986
- 137Cs and 210Pb dating of sediments from soft-water lakes in New England (U.S.A.) and Scandinavia, a failure of 137Cs datingChemical Geology, 1984
- The assessment of 210Pb data from sites with varying sediment accumulation ratesHydrobiologia, 1983
- Radionuclide LimnochronologyPublished by Springer Nature ,1978