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Articles | Volume 375
Articles | Volume 375
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-375-29-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-375-29-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 375
03 Mar 2017
 | 03 Mar 2017

The potential for gamma-emitting radionuclides to contribute to an understanding of erosion processes in South Africa

Ian D. L. Foster, John Boardman, Adrian L. Collins, Ruth Copeland-Phillips, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Tim M. Mighall, Simon Pulley, and Kate M. Rowntree

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The paper explores existing data bases relating to erosion and sediment transport in South Africa. It identifies a number of problems with using these and stresses the need to supplement existing data with a novel approach based on the use of sediments accumulating in small farm dams. These could provide directly comparable data by identifying a common time line in all dams using a radioactive fallout isotope called Caesium-137 that was first liberated into the global atmosphere in the 1950s.
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