Tritium in Australian precipitation: A 50 year record

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-273

  Tadros, Carol V ^a   Hughes, Catherine E ^a   Crawford, Jagoda ^a   Hollins, Suzanne E ^a   Chisari, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; GNIP; Groundwater; Nuclear testing; Precipitation; Tritium

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AUSTRALIA; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GNIP; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; UNDERGROUND TESTS;

TRITIUM;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; NUCLEAR WEAPON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TRITIUM;

AUSTRALIA; FRANCE;

EID: 84898852620     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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