Underwater gamma surveys of Mururoa and Fangataufa lagoons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 277-286

  Osvath, I ^a   Povinec, P ^a   Huynh Ngoc, L ^a   Comanducci, J F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fangataufa; Mururoa; Nuclear weapons test sites; Radioactive contamination assessment; Underwater ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ATOLL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ATOMIC BOMB; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; SEA POLLUTION;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032875226     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00142-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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