Effective environmental half-lives of90Sr and137Cs in the coastal seawater of Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C1, 1998, Pages 1209-1217

  Kasamatsu, Fujio ^a   Inatomi, Naohiko ^a  

^a Teikokushoin Bldg 5F   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM ISOTOPES; COASTAL WATER; HALF LIFE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

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EID: 0031845579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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