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Strontium-90 on the Earth's Surface

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Estimations of the amount of strontium-90 on the Earth's surface indicate that maximum fallout occurred late in 1966. Of the 13 MCi recorded at the beginning of 1967, 82 per cent of this was in the northern hemisphere.

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  1. Health and Safety Laboratory, US Atomic Energy Commission, New York, New York

    E. P. HARDY

  2. US Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Soil Survey Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland

    M. W. MEYER, J. S. ALLEN & L. T. ALEXANDER

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HARDY, E., MEYER, M., ALLEN, J. et al. Strontium-90 on the Earth's Surface. Nature 219, 584–587 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219584a0

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