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Some environmental radioactivity measurements from Harris, Outer Hebrides, UK

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Radioactivity related to the Chernobyl fallout cloud of May 1986 is reflected in twenty cored soil samples from Harris, in the Outer Hebrides of north-west Scotland.

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  1. Merlewood Research Station, Grange-over Sands, LA11 6JU, Cumbria, UK

    A. D. Horrill, M. Horrill & M. D. Horrill

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Dr A. David Horrill is a member of the Radioecology Group at the Natural Environment Research Council's Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood Research Station. The second and third authors listed may be contacted at Mark House, Lindale, Cumbria LA11 6LF, UK.

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Horrill, A.D., Horrill, M. & Horrill, M.D. Some environmental radioactivity measurements from Harris, Outer Hebrides, UK. Environmentalist 11, 181–184 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01263231

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