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Appendix C. Lead-210 for 00-8-10-13.
Core Location: 00-8-10-13
Core ID Depth (cm) Mean Depth (cm) Total Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g) Total Pb-210 Activity Error (+/-) Cs-137 Activity (dpm/g) Cs-137 Activity +/- (dpm/g) Ra-226 Activity (dpm/g) Ra-226 Activity +/- (dpm/g) K-40 Activity (dpm/g) K-40 Activity +/- (dpm/g) Excess Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g) Ln Excess Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g) ‡‡Calc. Ln Excess Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g) ‡‡Calc. Excess Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g) Calc. Excess Pb-210 Activity (dpm/g)
00-08-10-13 0-1 0.5 14.51 0.285 0.21 0.13 0.95 0.24 Tr -- 13.55 2.61 -- -- --
00-08-10-13 1-2 1.5 16.81 0.306 -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.95 2.77 2.81 16.68 --
00-08-10-13 2-3 2.5 17.61 0.385 -- -- -- -- -- -- 16.75 2.82 2.80 16.37 --
00-08-10-13 3-4 3.5 16.67 0.393 0.40 0.09 0.77 0.15 6.88 0.83 15.90 2.77 2.78 16.06 --
00-08-10-13 4-5 4.5 17.30 0.448 0.46 0.07 0.65 0.11 3.98 0.59 16.65 2.81 2.76 15.76 --
00-08-10-13 5-6 5.5 16.52 0.423 0.55 0.07 0.73 0.12 5.04 0.64 15.78 2.76 2.74 15.46 --
00-08-10-13 6-7 6.5 15.61 0.318 0.69 0.09 0.63 0.14 4.56 0.74 14.98 2.71 2.72 15.18 --
00-08-10-13 7-8 7.5 14.88 0.495 0.88 0.08 0.45 0.10 4.20 0.60 14.44 2.67 2.70 14.89 --
00-08-10-13 8-9 8.5 15.77 0.422 1.06 0.12 0.43 0.14 Tr -- 15.34 2.73 -- -- 15.78
00-08-10-13 9-10 9.5 14.30 0.948 1.21 0.10 0.53 0.12 4.11 0.61 13.77 2.62 -- -- 14.08
00-08-10-13 10-11 10.5 12.21 0.398 1.28 0.11 0.54 0.14 2.13 0.60 11.68 2.46 -- -- 12.57
00-08-10-13 11-12 11.5 13.21 0.381 1.07 0.07 0.84 0.10 3.27 0.47 12.38 2.52 -- -- 11.21
00-08-10-13 12-13 12.5 10.62 0.481 0.96 0.09 0.57 0.12 3.46 0.60 10.05 2.31 -- -- 10.01
00-08-10-13 13-14 13.5 10.55 0.406 0.81 0.08 0.51 0.10 2.64 0.48 10.04 2.31 -- -- 8.93
00-08-10-13 14-15 14.5 10.13 0.404 0.80 0.09 0.51 0.14 2.35 0.64 9.62 2.26 -- -- 7.97
00-08-10-13 15-16 15.5 7.64 0.287 0.65 0.06 0.56 0.10 2.31 0.42 7.08 1.96 -- -- 7.11
00-08-10-13 16-17 16.5 7.05 0.248 0.57 0.09 0.60 0.14 2.04 0.59 6.46 1.87 -- -- 6.35
00-08-10-13 17-18 17.5 5.62 0.163 0.52 0.08 0.61 0.12 2.35 0.56 5.02 1.61 -- -- 5.67
00-08-10-13 18-19 18.5 4.53 0.165 0.61 0.06 0.63 0.10 2.29 0.43 3.90 1.36 -- -- 5.06
00-08-10-13 19-20 19.5 4.19 0.144 0.62 0.06 0.78 0.11 2.07 0.45 3.41 1.23 -- -- 4.51
ND = Not detected
Tr = Trace quantity, too low to quantify

Average Sediment Accumulation Rate (2-8cm) = 1.65 cm/yr
Linear best fit of Ln excess Pb-210 activity (2-8cm).
‡‡Calc. Ln Excess = (-0.01889 * z) + 2.8425 r2 = 0.76

Average Sediment Accumulation Rate (8-20cm) = 0.27 cm/yr
Single decay best fit curve of excess Pb-210 activity (8-20cm).
Calc. Excess = 11.3333 * exp((11.4077 - z) / 8.7877) r2 = 0.94

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