Transport of low 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio plutonium-species in the Ob and Yenisey Rivers to the Kara Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Lind, Ole Christian ^a   Oughton, Deborah H ^a   Salbu, Brit ^a   Skipperud, Lindis ^a   Sickel, Morten A ^b   Brown, Justin E ^b   Fifield, L Keith ^c   Tims, Steven G ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS; Global fallout; Ob; Speciation; Weapons grade plutonium; Yenisey

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOBAL FALLOUT; SPECIATION; WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM;

COLLOIDS; CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM;

ATOMS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; KARA SEA; OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 33750283328     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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