Relationships between radionuclide content and textural properties in Irish Sea intertidal sediments

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Clifton, J ^a,b   McDonald, P ^a   Plater, A ^b   Oldfield, F ^b  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americium 241; Caesium 137; Fractionation; Grain size; Magnetic properties; Normalisation; Sellafield

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; RADIONUCLIDES;

AMERICIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

SEDIMENTS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

CAESIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIONUCLIDE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT TEXTURE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0030930593     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018313222861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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