Spatial distribution of 3H, 90Sr, 137Cs and 239,240Pu in surface waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans - GLOMARD database

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-137

  Povinec, Pavel P ^a   Hirose, Katsumi ^b   Honda, Teruyuki ^a,d   Ito, Toshimichi ^a,e   Scott, E Marian ^c   Togawa, Orihiko ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Plutonium 239,240; Radionuclides; Strontium 90; Surface water; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; HYDROGEN; MARINE ENGINEERING; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS;

MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90; SURFACE WATER; TRITIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FOOD INTAKE; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION DOSE; SEA FOOD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; WATER POLLUTANT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

TRITIUM;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 3042826250     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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