Seasonal variation of 228Ra/226Ra ratio in seaweed: Implications for water circulation patterns in coastal areas of the Noto Peninsula, Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-355

  Inoue, M ^a   Kofuji, H ^a,b   Yamamoto, M ^a   Komura, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

228Ra 226Ra activity ratio; Coastal water; Low background ray spectrometry; Seaweed; The Noto Peninsula

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEAWEED;

COASTAL WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; WATER CIRCULATION;

RADIUM;

RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RADON;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL CIRCULATION; RADON ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; SARGASSUM; SEASON; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISHIKAWA; JAPAN; NOTO PENINSULA; WORLD;

ALGAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; RADON; SARGASSUM; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 13844266289     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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