137Caesium distribution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Recent changes and future trends

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 67-75

  Papucci, Carlo ^a   Delfanti, Roberta ^a  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circulation; Deep waters; Eastern Mediterranean; Hydrology; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CESIUM; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEA POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0032589860     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00125-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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