Intercalibration of selected anthropogenic radionuclides for the GEOTRACES Program

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue AUGUST, 2012, Pages 590-607

  Kenna, Timothy C ^a   Masqué, Pere ^b   Mas, José Luís ^b   Camara Mor, Patricia ^b   Chamizo, Elena ^b   Scholten, Jan ^c   Eriksson, Mats ^c   Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^c   Gastaud, Janine ^c   Levy, Isabelle ^c   Herrmann, Jürgen ^d   Lindahl, Patric ^e   Hong, Gi Hoon ^e   Nielsen, Sven ^f  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^d FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

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

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84867687812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.590     Document Type: Article

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