137Cs, 239+240Pu concentrations and the 240Pu/ 239Pu atom ratio in a sediment core from the sub-aqueous delta of Yangtze River estuary

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 930-936

  Pan, S M ^a   Tims, S G ^b   Liu, X Y ^a   Fifield, L K ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 239+240Pu; 240Pu 239Pu atom ratio; Sediment; Yangtze river

Indexed keywords

137CS; 239+240PU; ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATOM RATIO; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; CLOSE-IN; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; GLOBAL FALLOUT; NANJING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATOMS; ESTUARIES; FALLOUT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FALLOUT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; FALLOUT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL DEPTH;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CHINA; MARSHALL ISLANDS; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 79952131464     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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