Accelerator mass spectrometry measurement of 240Pu/ 239Pu isotope ratios in Novaya Zemlya and Kara Sea sediments

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Oughton, Deborah H ^a   Skipperud, Lindis ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^b   Cresswell, Richard G ^b   Salbu, Brit ^a   Day, Philip ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Isotope ratios; Novaya Zemlya; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; SEDIMENTS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY (AMS); ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; ISOTOPE RATIOS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLUTONIUM; RUSSIA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 2942609038     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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