The distribution of artificial radionuclides in the waters of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea in 1985

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-201

  Wedekind, Ch ^a   Gabriel, H ^a   Goroncy, I ^a   Framcke G ^a   Kautsky, H ^b  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; SEA POLLUTION; TIME; WATER SAMPLING;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIONUCLIDES; SEAWATER;

GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0030620886     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(96)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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