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

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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

1.Department of Geography of East China Normal University; 2.Geological Sciences Department of Kafrelsheikh University; 3.State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research of East China Normal University;

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Abstract 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 (

Issue Date: 05 December 2008

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XU Zhuang,SALEM Alaa,SUN Qianli, et al. Pb-210 and Cs-137 distribution in Burullus lagoon sediments of Nile river delta, Egypt: sedimentation rate after Aswan High Dam[J]. Front. Earth Sci., 0, (): 434-438.

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