Applications of transuranics as tracers and chronometers in the environment

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 395-417

  Ketterer, Michael E ^a   Zheng, Jian ^b   Yamada, Masatoshi ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOMETERS; DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; ISOTOPES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SOIL TESTING; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; SURFICIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS;

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

EID: 85016668985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_20     Document Type: Chapter

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