Global fallout Pu recorded in lacustrine sediments in Lake Hongfeng, SW China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-321

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Wu, Fengchang ^b   Yamada, Masatoshi ^a   Liao, Haiqing ^b   Liu, Congqiang ^b   Wan, Guojiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Global fallout; Lacustrine sediments; Lake Hongfeng; Pu isotope pollution; SF ICP MS

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENTS;

DATING; GLOBAL FALLOUT; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS;

PLUTONIUM;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

EMISSION INVENTORY; FALLOUT; HISTORICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

CESIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HONGFENG LAKE;

EID: 39749151109     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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