Estimating biological half-lifes of radionuclides in marine compartments from environmental time-series measurements

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-107

  Fievet, Bruno ^a   Plet, Delphine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Caesium; Fucus; Half life; Modelling; Radionuclide transfer

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; CESIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; HALF LIFE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; FUCUS; HALF LIFE TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SPECIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BROWN ALGA; CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE, BROWN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FORECASTING; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0037213527     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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