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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6045-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6045-2013
Research article
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23 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2013

Cesium-134 and 137 activities in the central North Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

J. Kameník, H. Dulaiova, K.O. Buesseler, S. M. Pike, and K. Št'astná

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