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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5601-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5601-2013
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23 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 23 Aug 2013

One-year, regional-scale simulation of 137Cs radioactivity in the ocean following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

D. Tsumune, T. Tsubono, M. Aoyama, M. Uematsu, K. Misumi, Y. Maeda, Y. Yoshida, and H. Hayami

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Aoyama, M., Tsumune, D., Uematsu, M., Kondo, F., and Hamajima, Y.: Temporal variation of 134Cs and 137Cs activities in surface water at stations along the coastline near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident site, Japan, Geochem. J., 46, 321–325, 2012b.
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Aoyama, M., Uematsu, M., Tsumune, D., and Hamajima, Y.: Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134Cs and 137Cs, Biogeosciences Discuss., 10, 265–283, https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-10-265-2013, 2013a.
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