Spatial and temporal distribution of Pu in the Northwest Pacific Ocean using modern coral archives

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-201

  Lindahl, Patric ^a,b   Andersen, Morten B ^c   Keith Roach, Miranda ^a,e   Worsfold, Paul ^a   Hyeong, Kiseong ^b   Choi, Min Seok ^d   Lee, Sang Hoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^e Kemakta Konsult   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Close in fallout; Coral; Global fallout; Isotopic ratio; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATOMS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATOM RATIO; ATOMIC BOMBS; CLOSE-IN; CORAL; GLOBAL FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; KUROSHIO CURRENT; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; NUCLEAR TESTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FALLOUT;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

CORAL; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SKELETON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; HEDERA;

EID: 84856211473     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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