Radioactive sediment tracer tests Houston ship channel, Houston, Texas

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1969

Authors

HART ED

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Abstract

Radioactive sediment tracer tests were conducted to determine qualitatively sediment movement in channel; about 5 C of isotope, Au-198 was thoroughly mixed with sediment samples from channel, and activated sediment was then deposited along bottom at two locations; results of tracing deposits indicated that activated sediment moved upstream for several miles; activity was recorded downstream for only short distance; very little lateral movement out of channel was detected

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ONA, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS,TRACERS, RIVERS, Sedimentation, Texas

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