Distributions of nuclear fuel-reprocessing tracers in the Arctic Ocean: Indications of Russian river influence

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-738

  Cooper, Lee W ^a   Beasley, Tom ^b,c   Aagaard, Knut ^d   Kelley, James M ^e   Larsen, I L ^a   Grebmeier, Jacqueline M ^f  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^c University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DISPERSAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033500065     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321560546     Document Type: Article

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