Sediment particle size and initial radiocesium accumulation in ponds following the Fukushima DNPP accident

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yoshimura, Kazuya ^a,b   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Fukushima, Takehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84897463913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04514     Document Type: Article

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