Characterization of Pu concentration and its isotopic composition in soils of Gansu in northwestern China

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Yamada, Masatoshi ^a   Wu, Fengchang ^b   Liao, Haiqing ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Global fallout; Pu isotope pollution; SF ICP MS; Soils

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CORE SAMPLES; FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATOM RATIOS; COARSE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; GLOBAL FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; MEAN RATIOS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS; PU ISOTOPE POLLUTION; SF-ICP-MS; SOIL CORES; SPRING IN; SURFACE SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUCLEAR WEAPON; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; JAPAN; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; KUMTAG DESERT; LANZHOU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 57649225069     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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