{"id":{"repo_id":"unlv","oai_identifier":"oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1190"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/unlv/oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1190","repository":{"repo_id":"unlv","name":"University of Nevada - Las Vegas","base_url":"https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/do/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Dating of fallout in lacustrine sediment in southwestern Utah","abstract":"Sandy Cove is located in an area of southwestern Utah which received the highest fallout from Nevada Test Site (NTS) nuclear testing during the period 1951-1959. The reservoir was shown to have a constant sedimentation rate and to be relatively undisturbed. A 40 centimeter (cm) core taken from this reservoir contained sediment deposited after 1974 and did not reach back to the NTS fallout years of 1951 to 1959 or back to the peak worldwide fallout years of 1962-1963. The amounts of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and plutonium-239,240 (Pu-239,240) which were found in a 1974-1979 dated Sandy Cove core section were almost identical with the reported activities from a 1974-1979 dated core section taken from Enterprise reservoir in 1979. Enterprise reservoir is located in an area of southwestern Utah which has received less fallout from testing at the NTS. Cesium-137 activity decreases from 2.7 to 1.5 picoCuries (pCi) per dry gram of sediment for 1974 to 1979 at Sandy Cove. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).","abstract_html":"Sandy Cove is located in an area of southwestern Utah which received the highest fallout from Nevada Test Site (NTS) nuclear testing during the period 1951-1959. The reservoir was shown to have a constant sedimentation rate and to be relatively undisturbed. A 40 centimeter (cm) core taken from this reservoir contained sediment deposited after 1974 and did not reach back to the NTS fallout years of 1951 to 1959 or back to the peak worldwide fallout years of 1962-1963. The amounts of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and plutonium-239,240 (Pu-239,240) which were found in a 1974-1979 dated Sandy Cove core section were almost identical with the reported activities from a 1974-1979 dated core section taken from Enterprise reservoir in 1979. Enterprise reservoir is located in an area of southwestern Utah which has received less fallout from testing at the NTS. Cesium-137 activity decreases from 2.7 to 1.5 picoCuries (pCi) per dry gram of sediment for 1974 to 1979 at Sandy Cove. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Tikanen, Alex Clark"],"institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","degree_name":"Master of Science (MS)","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Chemistry","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Vern Hodge"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1992,"date_issued":"1992-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"1992-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:24:15Z","subjects":[],"languages":["English"],"rights":["IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/191"],"render_values":[{"text":"https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/191","href":"https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/191","code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://doi.org/10.25669/c5q6-qg73","outbound_label":"DOI","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Vern Hodge"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Tikanen, Alex Clark"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["University of Nevada, Las Vegas"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Chemistry"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science (MS)"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["10.25669/c5q6-qg73","https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/191","https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/context/rtds/article/1190/viewcontent/uc.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Sandy Cove is located in an area of southwestern Utah which received the highest fallout from Nevada Test Site (NTS) nuclear testing during the period 1951-1959. The reservoir was shown to have a constant sedimentation rate and to be relatively undisturbed. A 40 centimeter (cm) core taken from this reservoir contained sediment deposited after 1974 and did not reach back to the NTS fallout years of 1951 to 1959 or back to the peak worldwide fallout years of 1962-1963. The amounts of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and plutonium-239,240 (Pu-239,240) which were found in a 1974-1979 dated Sandy Cove core section were almost identical with the reported activities from a 1974-1979 dated core section taken from Enterprise reservoir in 1979. Enterprise reservoir is located in an area of southwestern Utah which has received less fallout from testing at the NTS. Cesium-137 activity decreases from 2.7 to 1.5 picoCuries (pCi) per dry gram of sediment for 1974 to 1979 at Sandy Cove. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Dating of fallout in lacustrine sediment in southwestern Utah"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Vern Hodge"],"dc:creator":["Tikanen, Alex Clark"],"dc:description.abstract":["Sandy Cove is located in an area of southwestern Utah which received the highest fallout from Nevada Test Site (NTS) nuclear testing during the period 1951-1959. The reservoir was shown to have a constant sedimentation rate and to be relatively undisturbed. A 40 centimeter (cm) core taken from this reservoir contained sediment deposited after 1974 and did not reach back to the NTS fallout years of 1951 to 1959 or back to the peak worldwide fallout years of 1962-1963. The amounts of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and plutonium-239,240 (Pu-239,240) which were found in a 1974-1979 dated Sandy Cove core section were almost identical with the reported activities from a 1974-1979 dated core section taken from Enterprise reservoir in 1979. Enterprise reservoir is located in an area of southwestern Utah which has received less fallout from testing at the NTS. Cesium-137 activity decreases from 2.7 to 1.5 picoCuries (pCi) per dry gram of sediment for 1974 to 1979 at Sandy Cove. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.)."],"dc:format":["pdf"],"dc:identifier":["10.25669/c5q6-qg73","https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/191","https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/context/rtds/article/1190/viewcontent/uc.pdf"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:publisher":["University of Nevada, Las Vegas"],"dc:rights":["IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dc:title":["Dating of fallout in lacustrine sediment in southwestern Utah"],"dc:type":["Text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Chemistry"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science (MS)"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:24:15Z"}