Plutonium isotope ratios in the Yenisey and Ob estuaries

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 589-593

  Skipperud, L ^a   Oughton, D H ^a   Fifield, L K ^b   Lind, O C ^a   Tims, S ^b   Brown, J ^c   Sickel, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Isotope ratios; Plutonium; Source identification

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC WEAPONS TESTING; ISOTOPE RATIO MEASUREMENTS;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 1342329457     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.079     Document Type: Article

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