Vertical profiles of plutonium in the central South Pacific

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 89, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Hirose, K ^a,b   Kim, C S ^c,g   Yim, S A ^c   Aoyama, M ^a   Fukasawa, M ^d   Komura, K ^a,b   Povinec, P P ^e   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^f  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^f Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

^g INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DEEP WATER; JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; NORTH PACIFIC; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC WATER; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER SAMPLES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; SEAWATER;

SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; GYRE; LATITUDE; MAGNITUDE; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79954917745     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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