Rock varnish: A passive forensic tool for monitoring recent air pollution and source identification

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Hoar, Kenneth ^a   Nowinski, Piotr ^b   Hodge, Vernon ^c   Cizdziel, James ^d  

^a Office for Oversight and Assessment   (United States)

^b Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallout impact; Plutonium isotopes; Rock varnish

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; FALLOUT; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POLLUTION; ROCKS; VARNISH;

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; FORENSIC TOOLS; NEVADA TEST SITE; PASSIVE FORENSICS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; ROCK VARNISHES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

EID: 79960677602     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT11-A12307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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