Vertical distribution of 238Pu, 239(40)Pu, 241Am, 90Sr and 137Cs in Austrian soil profiles

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue 9-11, 2008, Pages 733-738

  Srncik, M ^a   Hrnecek, E ^b,c   Steier, P ^a   Wallner, A ^a   Wallner, G ^a   Bossew, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

238Pu; 137Cs; 239Pu; 240Pu; 241Am; 90Sr; Chernobyl fallout; Global fallout

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649086557     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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