A millennium perspective on the contribution of global fallout radionuclides to ocean science

Health Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 656-668

  Livingston, Hugh D ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^a  

^a International Atomic Energy Agency   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental; Fallout; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radioactivity; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER;

ATOMIC BOMB; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0036229907     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200205000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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