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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5439-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5439-2013
Research article
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14 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2013

Initial spread of 137Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant over the Japan continental shelf: a study using a high-resolution, global-coastal nested ocean model

Z. Lai, C. Chen, R. Beardsley, H. Lin, R. Ji, J. Sasaki, and J. Lin

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