240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in seawater from Sagami Bay, western Northwest Pacific Ocean: sources and scavenging

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-284

  Yamada, Masatoshi ^a   Zheng, Jian ^a   Wang, Zhong Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

239Pu; 240Pu; Atom ratio; Close in fallout; Pacific Proving Grounds; Scavenging; SF ICP MS; Source; Western Northwest Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SCAVENGING; SEAWATER;

ATOM RATIO; CLOSE IN FALLOUT; PACIFIC PROVING GROUNDS; WESTERN NORTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; SEA WATER; PLUTONIUM;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVITY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATOM; FALLOUT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; STRATOSPHERE; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SAGAMI BAY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 36148971640     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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