Depth profile of 236U/238U in soil samples in La Palma, Canary Islands

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 614-619

  Srncik, M ^a   Steier, P ^a   Wallner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

236U 238U; 236U 239Pu; 240Pu 239Pu; Global fallout; Soil samples

Indexed keywords

236U/238U; 236U/239PU; 240PU/239PU; GLOBAL FALLOUT; SOIL SAMPLES;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FALLOUT; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPTUNIUM; NUCLEAR FUELS; RESINS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; URANIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

NEPTUNIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; THORIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 236; URANIUM 238; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; FALLOUT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CANARY ISLANDS; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN; URANIUM;

EID: 79955960921     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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