Low levels of 134Cs and 137Cs in surface seawaters around the Japanese Archipelago after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-320

  Inoue, Mutsuo ^a   Kofuji, Hisaki ^b   Nagao, Seiya ^a   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^a   Hamajima, Yasunori ^a   Fujimoto, Ken ^c   Yoshida, Keisuke ^a   Suzuki, Atsuo ^d   Takashiro, Hideaki ^e   Hayakawa, Kazuichi ^a   Hamataka, Kazuhito ^a   Yoshida, Shota ^a   Kunugi, Masayuki ^f   Minakawa, Masayuki ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Shizuoka Prefectural Environmental Radiation Monitoring Center   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deposition; Fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plant accident; Radiocesium; Surface seawater; Water circulation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AKITA; FUKUSHIMA; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TOHOKU; TSUGARU STRAIT;

EID: 84880311922     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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