Reconstructing historical radionuclide concentrations along the east coast of Ireland using a compartmental model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-30

  Smith, C N ^a   Clarke, S ^a   McDonald, P ^a   Goshawk, J A ^a   Jones, S R ^a  

^a Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium; Irish Sea; Mathematical model; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONSUMER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

IRELAND;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034709397     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00430-7     Document Type: Article

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