Sources and transport of anthropogenic radionuclides in the Ob River system, Siberia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-137

  Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Moran, S Bradley ^b   Fisher, Nicholas S ^a   Beasley, Thomas M ^c   Kelley, James M ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallout; Human activity; Ob River; Radioactive isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RIVER SYSTEM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033939193     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00110-2     Document Type: Article

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