Levels and trends of radioactive contaminants in the Greenland environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 53-67

  Dahlgaard, Henning ^a   Eriksson, Mats ^a   Nielsen, Sven P ^a   Joensen, Hans Pauli ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Environmental radioactivity; Greenland; Plutonium 239 240; Polonium 210; Strontium 90; Technetium 99

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM; WATER;

COASTAL DISCHARGES; MARINE BIOTA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS;

CONTAMINATION;

CESIUM 137; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; URANIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

FALLOUT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRASS; GREENLAND; LAMB; LICHENS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HALF LIFE TIME; POLLUTANT; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UKRAINE; WATER FLOW;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LAMB; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; HALF-LIFE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; UKRAINE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 5044247109     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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