Direct observation of 134Cs and 137Cs in surface seawater in the western and central North Pacific after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4287-4295

  Kaeriyama, H ^a   Ambe, D ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Fujimoto, K ^a   Ono, T ^a   Yonezaki, S ^b   Kato, Y ^b   Matsunaga, H ^b   Minami, H ^b   Nakatsuka, S ^b   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 84880179572     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4287-2013     Document Type: Article

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