Level and source of 129I of environmental samples in Xi'an region, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3780-3788

  Zhang, Luyuan ^a   Zhou, Weijian ^a,b   Hou, Xiaolin ^a   Chen, Ning ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   He, Chaohui ^b   Fan, Yukun ^a   Luo, Maoyi ^b   Wang, Zhiwen ^b   Fu, Yunchong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

129I level; 129I 129I ratio; Accelerator Mass Spectrometry; Environmental samples

Indexed keywords

129I LEVEL; 129I/129I RATIO; ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; GLOBAL FALLOUT; GLOBAL SCALE; IODINE-129; LONG DISTANCES; NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER EXCHANGE; XI'AN AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SEAWATER;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

IODINE; IODINE 129; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER WATER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WATER SAMPLING; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVERS; SOIL;

EID: 80051793257     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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