Plutonium isotopes as tracers for ocean processes: A review

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Lindahl, Patric ^a,c   Lee, Sang Han ^b   Worsfold, Paul ^c   Keith Roach, Miranda ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biota; Inventory; Isotopic ratio; Marine environment; Marine tracer; Plutonium; Sediment; Source term; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; HALF LIVES; INVENTORY; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN PROCESS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOURCE DEPENDENCY; WATER MASS TRANSPORT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW FIELDS; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

PLUTONIUM;

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; TRACER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 74149092435     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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