Pollutant pathways between Mururoa and other Polynesian islands, based on numerical model trajectories

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-297

  Tomczak, Matthias ^a   Herzfeld, Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mururoa; Ocean circulation; Ocean model; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

NUCLEAR TESTING; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYNESIA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASON; WIND;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, MURUROA; FRENCH POLYNESIA, TUAMOTO ARCHIPELAGO, FANGATAUFA;

EID: 0032052596     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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