A modelling study on 137Cs and 239,240Pu behaviour in the Alborán Sea, western Mediterranean

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-715

  Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albor n Sea; Caesium; Dispersion; Hydrodynamics; Numerical modelling; Plutonium; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVITY;

GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDAL POWER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 40749139333     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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