Pu and 137Cs in the Yangtze River estuary sediments: Distribution and source identification

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1805-1811

  Liu, Zhiyong ^a,b   Zheng, Jian ^b   Pan, Shaoming ^a   Dong, Wei ^c   Yamada, Masatoshi ^b   Aono, Tatsuo ^b   Guo, Qiuju ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM RATIO; CLOSE-IN; CORE SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER BASINS; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; SECTOR FIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CESIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE SAMPLES; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; CESIUM; LEAD;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 79952132552     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1035688     Document Type: Article

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