137Cs activity distribution in the Lithuanian coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

Oceanologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-90

  Davuliene, Lina ^a   Tarasiuk, Nikolay ^a   Spirkauskaite, Narciza ^a   Trinkunas, Gediminas ^a   Valkunas, Leonas ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Baltic Sea; Curonian Lagoon; Hydrodynamic model; Radiocaesium; Specific activity

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RADIOACTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047112843     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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