Marine radioactivity in the Arctic: A retrospect of environmental studies in Greenland waters with emphasis on transport of 90Sr and 137Cs with the East Greenland Current

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 143-151

  Aarkrog, A ^a   Dahlgaard, H ^a   Nielsen, S P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Caesium 137; Marine; Strontium 90; Transfer

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GREENLAND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEA POLLUTION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 17744419811     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00131-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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