Anthropogenic radionuclides in tide-washed pastures bordering the Irish Sea coast of England and Wales

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 403-424

  Sanchez, A L ^a   Horrill, A D ^a   Howard, B J ^a   Singleton, D ^a   Mondon, K ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic radionuclides; Dose assessment; Estuaries; Irish Sea; Sellafield; Tide wasted pastures; Transfer parameters

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; TIDE-WASHED PASTURES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE;

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; HEALTH HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032171685     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005065428994     Document Type: Article

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