Transport of 137Cs and 239,240Pu with ice-rafted debris in the Arctic Ocean

Arctic

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-39

  Landa, Edward R ^a   Reimnitz, Erk ^b   Beals, Donna M ^c   Pochkowski, J M ^c   Winn, Willard G ^c   Rigor, Ignatius ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Ice rafted debris; Plutonium; Radionuclides; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031981891     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1042     Document Type: Article

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