Application of a magnetic extraction technique to assess radionuclide-mineral association in Cumbrian shoreline sediments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-131

  McCubbin, David ^a   Leonard, Kinson S ^a   Young, Alan K ^a   Maher, Barbara A ^b   Bennett, Stephen ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americium; Irish Sea; Iron; Magnetic extraction; Plutonium; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; EXTRACTION; PARAMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTS;

MAGNETIC EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL DISPERSION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM; POLONIUM;

AMERICIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; MAGNETIC METHOD; PLUTONIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SHORELINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHASE SEPARATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER SAMPLING;

AMERICIUM; BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; IRON; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; POLONIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 4143123308     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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