Concentration and characterization of plutonium in soils of Hubei in central China

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-32

  Dong, Wei ^a   Tims, Stephen G ^b   Fifield, L Keith ^b   Guo, Qiuju ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATOM RATIO; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLOSE-IN; GLOBAL FALLOUT; HUBEI PROVINCE; IN-CORE; ISOTOPE RATIO; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; ORGANIC CONTENT; SOIL SAMPLE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

FALLOUT; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; SOILS;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

EID: 70649103865     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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