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The calculation of lead-210 dates for McKay Lake sediments

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Lead-210 dates are assigned to a sediment core retrieved from McKay Lake, Ottawa, Canada. Sediment mixing is found to have little, but discernible, influence on the age/depth profile. Consideration of mixing yields lower estimates of the derived ages, in agreement with the prediction based on a mathematical model. The inferred dates support the previous assignments based on Ambrosia horizon and the known occurrence of a catastrophic event. The procedures used in the calculation of the age profiles are fully described.

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  1. Lakes Research Branch, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

    S. R. Joshi

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, L8S 4L7, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    B. S. Shukla

  3. Geological Survey of Canada, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 601 Booth Street, K1A OE8, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    R. McNeely

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Joshi, S.R., Shukla, B.S. & McNeely, R. The calculation of lead-210 dates for McKay Lake sediments. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 125, 341–349 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041692

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