210Pb distribution characteristics in the lake sediment core at Great Wall Station, Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Ye, Zhao, Cuihua, Xu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Great Wall Station; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2124/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2124/1/A701.004.pdf

The results of 210Pb measurements in the lake sediment core from Antarctica are reported: the relative specific activities of 210Pb in the lake sediment were found to decrease exponentially with the depth in the study area; the sedimentation rate of the lake is about 0.072 cm/a. This paper shows tha...