Natural radionuclides and plutonium in sediments from the western Arctic Ocean: Sedimentation rates and pathways of radionuclides

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1725-1727

  Huh, Chih An ^a   Pisias, Nicklas G ^b   Kelley, James M ^c   Maiti, Tapas C ^c   Grantz, Art ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031429592     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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