Control on (U-234/U-238) in lake water:A study in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: Henderson, G M, Hall, B L, Smith, A, Robinson, L F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Lake Joyce; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/181e6b9a-c636-4a4f-9c27-d95554b79ff9; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/181e6b9a-c636-4a4f-9c27-d95554b79ff9; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.09.026

The (U-234/U-238) ratio in surface waters is generally higher than secular equilibrium due to nuclide recoil during alpha-decay of U-238. The size of the deviation from secular equilibrium contains information about the environment in which the water is found. This potential tool for environmental r...