Measurement of the Long-lived Radionuclide 81Kr in Pre-nuclear and Present-day Atmospheric Krypton

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Collon, P ^a   Kutschera, W ^a   Cole, D ^b   Davids, B ^b   Fauerbach, M ^b   Harkewicz, R ^b   Morrissey, D J ^b   Sherrill, B M ^b   Steiner, M ^b   Pardo, R C ^c   Paul, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

81Kr; Accelerator mass spectrometry; Cosmogenic radionuclide; Groundwater dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002535405     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1999.85.12.13     Document Type: Article

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