MEAD (part I) - A mathematical model of the long-term dispersion of radioactivity in shelf sea environments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-135

  Goshawk, J A ^a,b   Clarke, S ^b,c   Smith, C N ^a   McDonald, P ^a  

^a Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROMASS UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium; Irish sea; Modelling; Plutonium; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOACTIVE TRANSPORT; SHELF-SEA ENVIRONMENTS;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239;

DISPERSION; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SHELF SEA;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0038392960     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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