First results on 236U levels in global fallout

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4238-4242

  Sakaguchi, A ^a,c   Kawai, K ^b   Steier, P ^c   Quinto, F ^c   Mino, K ^b   Tomita, J ^b   Hoshi, M ^a   Whitehead, N ^d   Yamamoto, M ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Global fallout; Uranium 236

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOREST AREA; GEO-RESOURCES; GLOBAL FALLOUT; SOIL CORES; SURFACE SOIL;

CESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URANIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FALLOUT;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 236; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; FALLOUT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL QUALITY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; FOREST; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 67349156411     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.058     Document Type: Article

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