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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4287-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4287-2013
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27 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 27 Jun 2013

Direct observation of 134Cs and 137Cs in surface seawater in the western and central North Pacific after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident

H. Kaeriyama, D. Ambe, Y. Shimizu, K. Fujimoto, T. Ono, S. Yonezaki, Y. Kato, H. Matsunaga, H. Minami, S. Nakatsuka, and T. Watanabe

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