Fukushima nuclear accident recorded in tibetan plateau snow pits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Ninglian ^a,b   Wu, Xiaobo ^a   Kehrwald, Natalie ^c   Li, Zhen ^a   Li, Quanlian ^a   Jiang, Xi ^d   Pu, Jianchen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BETA RADIATION; CHINA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GLACIER; JAPAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SNOW COVER; SPRING; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIBET;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SNOW;

BETA PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SNOW; TIBET;

EID: 84922638794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116580     Document Type: Article

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