A numerical model to simulate the tidal dispersion of radionuclides in the English Channel

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-64

  Perianez R ^a   Reguera, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; RIVER WATER;

MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PREDICTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 0033119835     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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