The impact of oceanic circulation and phase transfer on the dispersion of radionuclides released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4911-4925

  Choi, Y ^a   Kida, S ^a   Takahashi, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADVECTION; DISPERSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OPEN OCEAN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAFLOOR;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84880729921     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4911-2013     Document Type: Article

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