Vertical distributions of plutonium and 137Cs in lacustrine sediments in northwestern china: Quantifying sediment accumulation rates and source identifications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2911-2917

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

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM RATIO; DISCRETE TIME; GLOBAL FALLOUT; GLOBAL/LOCAL; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; NUCLEAR TESTS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TEST SITE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ATOMS; CESIUM; FALLOUT; LAKES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PLUTONIUM;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLUTONIUM;

CHINA; JILIN; LAKE SIHAILONGWAN; LOP NUR; QINGHAI; SUGAN LAKE; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77950926886     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9029649     Document Type: Article

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