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Sedimentation rates of deepsea cores determined by fission/alpha track counting
Author(s) -
Fisher David E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl005i004p00233
Subject(s) - fission , fission track dating , alpha (finance) , geology , sedimentation , track (disk drive) , alpha particle , radiochemistry , nuclear physics , mineralogy , physics , chemistry , mathematics , sediment , statistics , paleontology , neutron , computer science , construct validity , apatite , operating system , psychometrics
A method is presented for determining deepsea sedimentation rates based on total alpha activity as measured by counting alpha tracks in cellulose nitrate. Correction for contributions from the U and Th families are made by counting fission tracks in lexan. Data obtained are in good agreement with previous measurements.