Pb-210 and Cs-137 distribution in Burullus lagoon
sediments of Nile river delta, Egypt: sedimentation rate after Aswan
High Dam

doi:10.1007/s11707-008-0059-0

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Pb-210 and Cs-137 distribution in Burullus lagoon sediments of Nile river delta, Egypt: sedimentation rate after Aswan High Dam

XU Zhuang¹, CHEN Jing¹, YIN Daowei¹, SALEM Alaa², CHEN Zhongyuan³, ZHANG Weiguo³, WANG Zhanghua³, SUN Qianli³

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This paper examines the Burullus lagoon deposits of the Nile delta coast and the distribution of Pb-210 and Cs-137. Three vibrocores from the lagoon have revealed densely concentrated shell fragments of brackish water origin in the upper (

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XU Zhuang, CHEN Jing, YIN Daowei, SALEM Alaa, CHEN Zhongyuan, ZHANG Weiguo, WANG Zhanghua, SUN Qianli. Pb-210 and Cs-137 distribution in Burullus lagoon sediments of Nile river delta, Egypt: sedimentation rate after Aswan High Dam. Front. Earth Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-008-0059-0

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