Distribution of anthropogenic radionuclides in the water column of the south-western Mediterranean Sea

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Lee, S H ^a   Mantoura, F R ^a   Povinec, P P ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^a   Pontis, J L ^a   Mahjoub, A ^b   Noureddine, A ^c   Boulahdid, M ^d   Chouba, L ^e   Samaali, M ^f   Reguigui, N ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

^d University Campus of Dely Ibrahim   (Algeria)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^f Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Algerian Basin; Anthropogenic radionuclides; Mean residence time; Pu isotopes; Sardinia Channel; Sicily Channel; South Mediterranean; Water column

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749093252     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08008-3     Document Type: Review

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