Atmospheric deposition of 137Cs between 1994 and 2002 at Cienfuegos, Cuba

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Alonso Hernandez C M ^a   Cartas Aguila H ^a   Diaz Asencio M ^a   Munoz Caravaca A ^a   Martin Perez J ^a   Sibello Hernandez R ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

Author keywords

137Cs; Atmospheric deposition; Cienfuegos; Cuba

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

137CS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CIENFUEGOS; CUBA;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBA; DATA ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIENFUEGOS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ATMOSPHERE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CUBA; PRECIPITATION; RAIN;

EID: 33646076214     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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