On the potential for climate change impacts on marine anthropogenic radioactivity in the Arctic regions

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1151-1159

  Karcher, Michael ^a   Harms, Ingo ^b   Standring, William J F ^c   Dowdall, Mark ^c   Strand, Per ^c  

^a OASYS Ocean Atmosphere Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Marine; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE; ARCTIC MARINE; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CESIUM 137; ICE; PLUTONIUM; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; RUTHENIUM 106; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ADVECTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TRANSPORT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; KINETICS; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77955412434     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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