Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique

This study was conducted to determine the sedimentation rate of soil at Setiu Lagoon by using natural radiotracer 210Pb. The area covers a 10 km length lagoon involving 5 sampling stations of approximately 2 km apart. The sediment samples were collected using a corer box comprising of a meter long t...

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Main Author:	Omar, Nurlyana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	QC Physics
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spelling	my-utm-ep.324922017-09-20T08:47:28Z Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique 2012-12 Omar, Nurlyana QC Physics This study was conducted to determine the sedimentation rate of soil at Setiu Lagoon by using natural radiotracer 210Pb. The area covers a 10 km length lagoon involving 5 sampling stations of approximately 2 km apart. The sediment samples were collected using a corer box comprising of a meter long transparent PVC plastic pipe inserted manually into the sediment bed 2 m below the water surface. The sediment core extracted were then cut into several 5 cm interval, labeled and stored in a close beaker. A total of 24 samples were collected from the 5 sampling stations. The measurement of 210Pb activity was made using Hyper Purity Germanium (HPGe). The total activity of 210Pb was measured from gamma ray peak of energy 46.5 keV and supported 210Pb by the weighted average decay of 226Ra daughters at 295, 351 and 609 keV. Unsupported 210Pb was calculated as the difference between the total and the supported 210Pb activity. Two models were used in this study to calculate the sedimentation rate; the Constant Initial Concentration (CIC) and Advection-Diffusion Equation (ADE) model. The results show that, there are differences in sedimentation rate values of each model for each station. The sedimentation rates obtained using CIC model varies from 0.08 to 0.37 cm/yr whereas ADE model varies from 0.43 to 0.93 cm/yr. 2012-12 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32492/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32492/1/NurlyanaOmarMFS2012.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70196?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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description	This study was conducted to determine the sedimentation rate of soil at Setiu Lagoon by using natural radiotracer 210Pb. The area covers a 10 km length lagoon involving 5 sampling stations of approximately 2 km apart. The sediment samples were collected using a corer box comprising of a meter long transparent PVC plastic pipe inserted manually into the sediment bed 2 m below the water surface. The sediment core extracted were then cut into several 5 cm interval, labeled and stored in a close beaker. A total of 24 samples were collected from the 5 sampling stations. The measurement of 210Pb activity was made using Hyper Purity Germanium (HPGe). The total activity of 210Pb was measured from gamma ray peak of energy 46.5 keV and supported 210Pb by the weighted average decay of 226Ra daughters at 295, 351 and 609 keV. Unsupported 210Pb was calculated as the difference between the total and the supported 210Pb activity. Two models were used in this study to calculate the sedimentation rate; the Constant Initial Concentration (CIC) and Advection-Diffusion Equation (ADE) model. The results show that, there are differences in sedimentation rate values of each model for each station. The sedimentation rates obtained using CIC model varies from 0.08 to 0.37 cm/yr whereas ADE model varies from 0.43 to 0.93 cm/yr.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Omar, Nurlyana
author_facet	Omar, Nurlyana
author_sort	Omar, Nurlyana
title	Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique
title_short	Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique
title_full	Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique
title_fullStr	Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique
title_full_unstemmed	Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique
title_sort	sedimentation rate at setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210pb technique
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
granting_department	Faculty of Science
publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32492/1/NurlyanaOmarMFS2012.pdf
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Sedimentation rate at Setiu lagoon using natural radiotracer 210Pb technique

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