Iodine-129, Iodine-127 and Caesium-137 in the environment: Soils from Germany and Chile

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-22

  Daraoui, A ^a   Michel, R ^a   Gorny, M ^a   Jakob, D ^a   Sachse, R ^a   Synal, H A ^b   Alfimov, V ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Caesium 137; IAEA soil 375; Iodine 127; Iodine 129; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CAESIUM-137; IAEA-SOIL-375; IODINE-127; IODINE-129;

CESIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; IODINE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SORPTION;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; IODINE; IODINE 129;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IODIDE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SORPTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILE; GERMANY; IODINE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

ANTARCTICA; CHILE; EASTER ISLAND; GERMANY;

EID: 84860522707     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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