Caesium-137 in the Eastern Mediterranean-impact sources and marine pathways

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Florou, H ^a   Kritidis, P ^a   Vosniakos, F ^e   Trindafyllis, J ^f   Delfanti, R ^b   Papucci, C ^b   Cigna, A ^b   Polikarpov, G G ^c   Egorov, V N ^c   Bologa, A S ^d   Patrascu, V ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^d RMRI   (Romania)

^e ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Black Sea; Caesium 137; Eastern Mediterranean; Impact sources; Marine pathways

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037261968     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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