Particle mixing processes of Chernobyl fallout in deep Norwegian Sea sediments: Evidence for seasonal effects

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3425-3433

  Balzer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; CAESIUM; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT MIXING;

NORWEGIAN SEA, VOERING PLATEAU;

EID: 0030432078     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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