Radioisotopic data from USGS laboratory in St. Petersburg, Florida

Description

Specific activities of cesium-137 (half life = 30.17 years), lead-210 (half life = 22.3 years), radium-226 (half life = 1,600 years), thorium-234 (half life = 24.1 days), and potassium-40 (half life = 1.277 billion years) in disintegrations per minute per gram (dpm/g) were determined for the Lake Lanier cores. The laboratory errors (plus or minus) and the critical levels are included for each sample.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5f49215182ce4c3d122b2a80.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P920L16R

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  • cesium-137
  • thorium-234
  • gwinnett-county
  • usgs-5f49215182ce4c3d122b2a80
  • lead-210
  • inlandwaters
  • radiometric-dating
  • lake-sidney-lanier
  • radium-226
  • georgia
  • potassium-40

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