AMS analysis of 129I in Japanese soil samples collected from background areas far from nuclear facilities

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-297

  Muramatsu, Yasuyuki ^a   Takada, Yukari ^a   Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki ^b   Yoshida, Satoshi ^c  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

I 129; Iodine; Japan; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DESORPTION; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST SOIL; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RICE; SEPARATION; SILVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 41049113603     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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