Wet and dry deposition patterns of plutonium in Daejeon, Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 332, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 243-252

  Hirose, K ^a   Kim, C K ^b   Kim, C S ^b   Chang, B W ^b   Igarashi, Y ^a   Aoyama, M ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

240Pu 239Pu ratios; Desertification; Dry deposition; Fallout; Korea; Plutonium; Resuspension; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ARID AREAS; DRY DEPOSITION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; DUST; SAFETY DEVICES; SOILS; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

DESERTIFICATION; DRY DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; JAPAN; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE SOIL; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DUST; KOREA; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; TAEJON [SOUTH KOREA]; TAEJON [TAEJON (SPC)];

EID: 4444342212     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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