Dating of sediments in the Caribbean Sea Nicaragua, Bluefields Bay using additional techniques to analyze Lead-210

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  • Víctor Manuel Martínez Centro para la Investigación en Recursos Acuáticos de Nicaragua, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Apdo. Postal 4598, Managua

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/uyc.v5i8.313

Keywords:

Nuclear Techniques, Caribbean of Nicaragua, Loss

Abstract

Bluefields lagoon is a shallow aquatic ecosystem and historically influenced by human activities. These particular conditions could cause limitations in dating the sediments with nuclear techniques. Secondary analysis has been carried out in combination with nuclear techniques to determine if sediment cores are datable in the Bluefields Lagoon. The secondary analysis of Loss on Ignition and percentage of humidity in sediment cores of two points in the Lagoon were employed. According to the analysis of humidity and dating with Pb-210, only one of the two sediment cores presented some characteristics of dating.

 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/uyc.v5i8.313

Universidad y Ciencia No 8 Año 5 2010 8-12

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Published

2011-05-23

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Martínez, V. M. (2011). Dating of sediments in the Caribbean Sea Nicaragua, Bluefields Bay using additional techniques to analyze Lead-210. Universidad Y Ciencia, 5(8), 8–12. https://doi.org/10.5377/uyc.v5i8.313

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