Records of radionuclide deposition in two salt marshes in the United Kingdom with contrasting redox and accumulation conditions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1011-1023

  Thomson, J ^a   Dyer, F M ^a   Croudace, I W ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SALTMARSH;

BEAULIEU MARSH; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYRE MARSH;

EID: 0242411149     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00825-0     Document Type: Article

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