High levels of natural radioactivity in biota from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: a preliminary communication

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 522-526

  Charmasson, Sabine ^a   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^b   Le Faouder, Antoine ^a   Agarande, Michèle ^a   Loyen, Jeanne ^a   Desbruyères, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Fauna; Hydrothermal vent; Natural radioactivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; FAUNA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIFE SPANS; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGES; MIXING ZONES; NATURAL RADIATIONS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NUMBER OF DATUM; TOXIC SPECIES; URANIUM CONTENTS;

ACTINIDES; HOT SPRINGS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SEAWATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

VENTS;

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BIOTA; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAL; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SULFIDE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FAUNA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION DETECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAWATER; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST PACIFIC RISE; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349185833     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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