Clams as Indicators of Strontium-90
- 6 July 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 137 (3523) , 38-39
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.137.3523.38
Abstract
Fresh-water clams concentrate strontium-90 in their shells and may be used as indicators of the Sr 90 contamination of their environment. Analysis of data derived from the specific activity of Sr 90 in shells showed that Sr 90 released to the Tennessee River system remained in solution and that concentrations to a distance of 500 miles from the release site can be predicted on the basis of the dilution of contaminated White Oak Creek water by uncontaminated Clinch-Tennessee River water.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- AGE DETERMINATION IN MOLLUSCS*Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1954