Carbon-14 in tree rings in the vicinity of ignalina nuclear power plant, Lithuania

Geochronometria

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Mazeika, Jonas ^a   Petrosius, Rimantas ^a   Pukiene, Rutile ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Airborne Release; Carbon 14; Dose; Environment; Ignalina NPP; Tree Rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849034967     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-007-0025-y     Document Type: Article

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