Sedimentation rates measurements in former channels of the upper Rhône river using Chernobyl 137Cs and 134Cs as tracers.

• Title: Sedimentation rates measurements in former channels of the upper Rhône river using Chernobyl 137Cs and 134Cs as tracers.

Author: Rostan, J C / Juget, J / Brun, A M

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 193 (3), p.251-262, Jan 1997

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Keywords: Fluvial hydrosystem; Radionuclide; Sedimentation rate; Sediment organic carbon

Abstract: Former river channels are aquatic ecosystems with a different geomorphology generated by fluvial dynamics more or less linked to the main channel. They present different ecological successions to become terrestrial ecosystems and are thus supposed to have different sedimentation rates. The aim of this paper is to assess this sedimentation rate using radioactive tracer methodology commonly used in lake studies.

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