Monitoring natural and artificial radioactivity enhancement in the Aegean Sea using floating measuring systems

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1599-1603

  Tsabaris, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

137Cs; 222Rn; Oceanographic buoys; Rainfall; Underwater radioactivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

137CS; 222RN; OCEANOGRAPHIC BUOYS; RAINFALL; UNDERWATER RADIOACTIVITY;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; CESIUM 137; LEAD; LEAD 214; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 222; RAIN; SEA WATER; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GREECE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WIND; WINTER;

ALGORITHMS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 50949131702     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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