Environmental radioactivity in soils and sediments of Coolbaggie Creek, NSW, Australia

Timothy J. Ralph; Adam Wethered; Hugh Smith; Kirstie Fryirs; Henk Heijnis

doi:10.34355/IAEA.RAS5084.00091

Environmental radioactivity in soils and sediments of Coolbaggie Creek, NSW, Australia

Timothy J. Ralph^*, Adam Wethered, Hugh Smith, Kirstie Fryirs, Henk Heijnis

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Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

This dataset contains 29 records of Cs-137 and Pb-210ex activity, loss on ignition (LOI), particle size fraction (<63 μm), and specific surface area (SSA) for soils and sediments from the Coolbaggie Creek catchment in the Murray-Darling Basin, New South Wales, Australia, in 2012. These data were used in a paper entitled "Quantifying fluvial (dis)connectivity in an agricultural catchment using a geomorphic approach and sediment source tracing" by Wethered, A.S., Ralph, T.J., Smith, H.G. et al. published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-015-1202-7, accessed on 6th of September, 2021. Radionuclide activities were determined for the <63 μm fraction of all samples using a Canberra Compton-suppression gamma spectrometry system at the Institute for Environmental Research, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney, Australia. Further details of the sampling and measurement methods are available in the paper.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Japan
Publisher	University of Tsukuba
Media of output	Online
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34355/IAEA.RAS5084.00091
Publication status	Published - 12 Nov 2021

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Keywords

137Cs
210Pbex
Loss on ignition
Particle size fraction
Specific surface area

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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Ralph, Tim (Recipient), Feb 2014
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Assessing soil erosion in agricultural catchments: a toolkit for mitigating land degradation and improving river health
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Sharing expertise with regional neighbours
Tim Ralph
21/11/18
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Project focuses on improving soil and water quality in Asia Pacific countries
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9/02/18
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Environment researchers share expertise: Project focuses on enhancing crop productivity in Asia Pacific countries by improving soil and water
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6/02/18
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Evaluation of soil organic matter dynamics at Fukushima using an integrated radio-caesium and carbon stable isotope approach
Ralph, T., Helander, C. & Onda, Y., 2023, p. 1. 1 p.
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Quantifying fluvial (dis)connectivity in an agricultural catchment using a geomorphic approach and sediment source tracing
Wethered, A. S., Ralph, T. J., Smith, H. G., Fryirs, K. A. & Heijnis, H., 14 Oct 2015, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 15, 10, p. 2052-2066 15 p.
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Downstream mixing of sediment and tracers in agricultural catchments: evidence of changing sediment sources and ﬂuvial processes?
Ralph, T., Wethered, A., Smith, H. G. & Heijnis, H., 27 Apr 2014. 1 p.
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