The concentration of 137Cs in the surface of the Greek marine environment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 654-657

  Florou, H ^a   Nicolaou, G ^b   Evangeliou, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caesium; Chernobyl; Food dosimetry; Greece; Surface seawaters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BLACK SEA; CAESIUM; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMMITTED EFFECTIVE DOSE; CONCENTRATION OF; DANUBE RIVERS; DARDANELLES; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SOURCES; NORTH AEGEAN SEA; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RADIOCAESIUM; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE SEAWATER;

CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEAWATER;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM; SEA WATER;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH AEGAN SEA; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77953020858     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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