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Use of Long-Lived Natural Radioactivity as an Atmospheric Tracer

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    W. M. BURTON

  2. Dounreay Experimental Reactor Establishment,

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BURTON, W., STEWART, N. Use of Long-Lived Natural Radioactivity as an Atmospheric Tracer. Nature 186, 584–589 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186584a0

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