Gamma-emitting natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in the terrestrial environment of Kongsfjord, Svalbard

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 229-240

  Dowdall, M ^a   Gerland, S ^a   Lind, B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Kongsfjord; Radioactivity; Svalbard; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GAMMA RAYS; LEACHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THALLIUM; URANIUM 238;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; NATURAL FEATURE; RADIONUCLIDE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FECES; FOWL; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; REINDEER; SOIL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; NORWAY; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REINDEER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AVES; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0037446097     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00478-3     Document Type: Article

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