Vertical and horizontal fluxes of plutonium and americium in the western Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 77-91

  Vintró, L León ^a   Mitchell, P I ^a   Condren, O M ^a   Downes, A B ^a   Papucci, C ^b   Delfanti, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Americium; Fluxes; Inventories; Plutonium; Strait of Gibraltar; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM;

AMERICIUM; MARINE POLLUTION; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

AMERICIUM; GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 0032837405     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00126-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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