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Applications
 Radiometric dating of lake, marine and coastal sediments
and peat accumulations by establishing chronologies and accumulation rates through
the measurement of atmospheric fallout of naturally produced 210Pb
and artificially produced 137Cs and 241Am radionuclides.- Determining the extent of sediment focusing within a
lake basin by measuring 210Pb distribution in sediment cores from
across the accumulation zone
- Modelling the transfer of
radionuclides through catchment-lake systems and assessing soil erosion in
catchments by investigating inventories of environmental radioisotopes such as 210Pb,
137Cs, 134Cs and 241Am in soils as well as in
sediments and peats
- Tracing atmospherically deposited pollutants through
terrestrial and lake ecosystems by comparing distributions of 210Pb
and other pollutants, in particular trace metals.
- Monitoring radioactive discharges and emissions from
nuclear and non-nuclear sites; assessing state and changes of gamma radiation
does rates in the environment.
- Archaeological studies. The planar detector can be
used for large samples (250mm diameter and 460mm high internal chamber) and
offers a non-destructive means of determining approximate U-content and
disequilibrium status for age estimation. This approach has been used to
provide an age for Neanderthal skull remains
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