Deposition of 236U from atmospheric nuclear testing in Washington state (USA) and the Pechora region (Russian Arctic)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-149

  Ketterer, Michael E ^a   Groves, Aran D ^a   Strick, Brian J ^a   Asplund, Craig S ^a   Jones, Vivienne J ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

236U; Atmospheric nuclear testing; Plutonium isotopes; Uranium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATOM RATIO; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NUCLEAR TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SECTOR FIELD; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL CORES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WASHINGTON STATE;

FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LEACHING; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM 239; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 236;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; IRRADIANCE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL POLLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

PECHORA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84873145638     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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