Sources of plutonium to the tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean (1943-1999) identified using a natural coral archive

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1346-1356

  Lindahl, Patric ^a,d   Asami, Ryuji ^b   Iryu, Yasufumi ^c   Worsfold, Paul ^d   Keith Roach, Miranda ^d   Choi, Min Seok ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA; HEDERA; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 79451469270     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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