Plutonium as a chronomarker in Australian and New Zealand sediments: A comparison with 137Cs

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 919-929

  Hancock, G J ^a   Leslie, C ^a   Everett, S E ^b   Tims, S G ^b   Brunskill, G J ^c   Haese, R ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geoscience Australia ^*  (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 238Pu; Plutonium; Sediment chronology; Sedimentation; SNAP 9A; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION;

137CS; 210PB; 238PU; SNAP-9A; SOUTH PACIFIC;

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; MARKER; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FALLOUT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ALPHA RADIATION SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARY; FALLOUT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; LAKE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL DEPTH; SPECTROMETRY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79961127735     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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