Plutonium anomalies in attic dust and soils at locations surrounding the Nevada test site

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1157-1168

  Cizdziel, James V ^a,d   Hodge, Vernon F ^b   Faller, Scott H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Box 454003 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALLOUT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DUST; NEVADA; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

UNITED STATES, NEVADA;

EID: 0032171556     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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