Lake Michigan environmental survey : final report / [edited] by John C. Ayers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE Station Locations Cruise Dates Resume of Samples CHAPTER A THE 1969-1970 LAKE MICHIGAN RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY Summary Introduction Radioactivity in Lake Michigan Natural Sources Fallout from Nuclear Detonations Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant Reported Concentrations in Tributaries and Biota Tributaries Plankton Fish Description of the Radiological Survey Collection of Samples Preparation Calibration Gamma Spectrometer for Planchet Sources Gamma Spectrometer for Sediment Containers Beckman Low-Beta II for Planchet Sources Results and Discussion Water Sediment Benthos Zooplankton Phytoplankton Fish Provisional Forecast for Lake Michigan in 1975 Natural Radioactivity Fallout Reactor Effluents Appendix Calibration of a Gamma Spectrometer-Part 1 Spectrometer Equipment Standards The Calibration Sources Constant Counting Conditions Spectrum Analysis Computing Program Calibration of a Gamma Spectrometer-Part 2 Method for Determining Minimum Detectable Activities and Levels Ra-226, K-40, Cs-137 Sediment Standards Counting Efficiency for Gross Beta Radioactivity Data References iii v A-1 A-3 A-3 A-3 A-5 A-13 A-14 A-14 A-14 A-14 A-18 A-18 A-20 A-20 A-20 A-21 A-21 A-22 A-22 A-22 A-23 A-23 A-23 A-24 A-25 A-25 A-25 A-25 A-30 A-30 A-30 A-30 A-30 A-32 A-33 A-35 A-35 A-37 A-38 A-40 A-65
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- Lake Michigan environmental survey : final report / [edited] by John C. Ayers.
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- Ayers, John C. (John Carr), 1912-
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