Distribution of Pu isotopes in marine sediments in the Pacific 30 km off Fukushima after the Fukushima daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-369

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Aono, Tatsuo ^a   Uchida, Shigeo ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b   Honda, Makio C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Marine sediments; Plutonium isotopes; SF ICP MS; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MARGINAL SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TOHOKU;

EID: 84877139950     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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