TRACING ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION

[摘要] Tracing the movement of dredged sediments in north San Francisco Bay was accomplished jointly by the San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Explosive Excavation Research Laboratory (now the Explosive Effects Division of the Weapon Effects Laboratory, U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station), and the Stanford Research Institute. The study involved developing a technique which would permit the longterm tracing of fine sediments dredged from Mare Island Strait after disposal at the Carquinez Strait disposal site; application of the tracer; disposal of the tagged sediment for the February-March 1974 dredging of Mare Island Strait; sampling bottom sediments throughout the study area for a 10-month period; and, quantitative analysis of the collected samples.

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] sediment tracing;estuary;estuarine sediment;neutron activation