Application of a Mass Balance Partitioning Model of Ra-226, Pb-210 and Po-210 to Freshwater Lakes and Streams

• Main Author: Britton, Kevin John
• Other Authors: Clark, Ian, Stocki, Trevor J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2018
• Subjects: Ra-226; Pb-210; Po-210; model; lake; water; sediment; watershed; partition; deposition; Judge Sissons Lake; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38459; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22712

The objectives of this thesis were: (1) to develop a mass balance partitioning model of the natural uranium-238 series comprising radium-226, lead-210 and polonium-210 and (2) to apply the model to estimate the source and fate of these radionuclides in freshwater lakes and streams. Samples were coll...