Concentrations and spatial distribution of plutonium in the terrestrial environment of the Marshall Islands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-39

  Simon, Steven L ^a   Graham, James C ^a   Borchert, Andrew W ^a  

^a Marshall Isl Nationwide R   (Marshall Islands)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Marshall Islands; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

CONTAMINATED LAND; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALLOUT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOIL;

MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 0032970076     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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