Distribution of anthropogenic radionuclides in the water column off Rokkasho, Japan

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 83-95

  Shima, Shigeki ^a   Gasa, Shin ichi ^a   Iseda, Ken ichi ^a   Nakayama, Tomoharu ^a   Kawamura, Hisao ^a  

^a Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

129I; 14C; 239,240Pu; 3H; Anthropogenic radionuclides; Coastal water; Northwest Pacific; Oceanic observation; Reprocessing plant; Rokkasho; Seawater; Water column; Water masses

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048929507     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08006-X     Document Type: Review

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