Determining the Chernobyl impact on sediments of a pre-Alpine lake with a very comprehensive set of data

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1294-1301

  Erlinger, Ch ^a   Lettner, H ^a   Hubmer, A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Steinhausler F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 239+240Pu; 90Sr; Chernobyl; Lake sediment; Radionuclide; Sediment dating

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DEPTH PROFILING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKE POLLUTION; LEAD; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM;

CHERNOBYL IMPACT; LAKE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DATING;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHRONOLOGY; CORE ANALYSIS; FALLOUT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE; RADIOASSAY; SEDIMENT;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA]; WALLERSEE;

EID: 44749084709     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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