Radioactive isotopes in atmospheric aerosols over Russia and the Sea of Japan following nuclear accident at Fukushima Nr. 1 Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5669-5677

  Neroda, Andrey S ^a   Mishukov, Vasily F ^a   Goryachev, Vladimir A ^a   Simonenkov, Denis V ^b   Goncharova, Anna A ^a  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Artificial radioactive isotopes; Atmosphere; Fukushima reactor accident; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MAGNITUDE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA OF JAPAN; SIBERIA; TOMSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

RADIOISOTOPE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHINA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SIBERIA;

EID: 84898913982     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2472-5     Document Type: Article

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