Dry and wet deposition of 7Be, 210Pb and 137Cs in Monaco air during 1998-2010: Seasonal variations of deposition fluxes

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-57

  Pham, Mai K ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^b   Nies, Hartmut ^a   Betti, Maria ^a  

^a Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Global fallout; Monaco air; Radionuclide variations; Saharan dust; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; PRODUCTION RATES; SAHARAN DUST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LASERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

LEAD;

BERYLLIUM 7; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COSMIC RAY; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; FALLOUT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COSMIC RADIATION; MONACO; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BERYLLIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MONACO; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEASONS;

MONACO;

EID: 84874015029     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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