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Apr 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981e%26psl..53..158b&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 53, Issue 2, p. 158-174.
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Particle-reactive radionuclides were determined in sediments from the inner New York Bight to trace transport and storage of fine-grained sediments and associated reactive materials. Seven sediment box cores 20-50 cm in length were analyzed for water content, loss on ignition (LOI) and excess 210Pb; three of these were also analyzed for 239,240Pu. Excepting some depth horizons in a core from a dredge-spoil dumpsite, every sample analyzed contained excess 210Pb. Variations in the concentration of excess 210Pb with depth in the sediment at all stations correlated strongly with LOI, which apparently traces that fraction of the sediment which is active in removing reactive elements from the water column. In the cores analyzed for 239,240Pu, every sample contained finite Pu, and Pu concentrations correlated strongly with excess 210Pb.
The radionuclide distributions may be simply viewed as products of steady-state sediment accumulation or of mixing. Geochemically reasonable accumulation rates are very high (0.5-2.6 g/cm2 y) and could probably only be sustained by offshore transport of dumped materials. At the other extreme the relationships between excess 210Pb and LOI are compatible with rapid mixing of a 210Pb carrier phase (traced by LOI) into the pre-existing substrate with little or no actual accumulation. Other non-steady-state processes, such as sediment gravity flow, could also explain the observed distributions.
Measured sediment inventories (dpm/cm2) of excess 210Pb and Pu at these stations are greatly in excess of those supportable by direct atmospheric deposition: lateral supply is required. Incorporation of sedimentary fines into the sand substrate could make the inner New York Bight an important repository of reactive materials.
Present address: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India.
Benninger Larry K.
Krishnaswami S.
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