Plutonium isotopes in seas around the Korean Peninsula

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 318, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 197-209

  Kim, C K ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Chang, B U ^a   Choi, S W ^a   Chung, C S ^b   Hong, G H ^b   Hirose, K ^c   Igarashi, Y ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

239+240Pu concentration; 240Pu 239Pu atom ratio; Seawater; The Korean Peninsula

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

GLOBAL FALLOUT;

PLUTONIUM;

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FALLOUT; GLOBAL CHANGE; KOREA; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0345356199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00399-1     Document Type: Article

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