Tracing anthropogenic nuclear activity with 129I in lake sediment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-229

  Englund, E ^a   Aldahan, A ^a   Possnert, G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Iodine 129; Nuclear reprocessing; Sediment; Tracer

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

CHERNOBYLS; NUCLEAR REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS' TESTING;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON 14; CESIUM 137; IODINE 129; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE;

CHRONOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IODINE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIONUCLIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHRONOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FRANCE; LAKE SEDIMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BASSE NORMANDIE; CHERNOBYL; COTENTIN; CUMBRIA; EASTERN EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; LA HAGUE; MANCHE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SELLAFIELD; SWEDEN; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849121988     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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