Carbon-14 and tritium in plants of a wetland containing contaminated groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-21

  Evenden, W G ^a   Sheppard, S C ^a   Killey, R W D ^b  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RADIOCARBON; TRITIUM; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 0031902836     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00049-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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