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INDEX
effect on 137Cs content of Norwegian
milk, 875
strontium-90 content, effect of
evaporation, 594-95
tritium content in 1963, 673
Sodium-22
concentration in air at Richland,
Washington, 206-7
concentration in rainwater, 219
content in animals, 219-20
content in foods, 219-20
content in humans, 219-20
distribution with altitude in 1962 and
1964, 211
distribution with latitude in stratosphere, 212
measurement accuracy with pulse
analyzer, 246
measurementin air filter samples by
gamma ray spectrometry, 198-99
precipitation effects on deposition,
214-15
stratospheric concentration, 327
Sodium~23
concentration in rainwater, 219
Sodium-24
search for, in Sedan shot debris, 90
Sodium carbonate
fusion with debris particles for
analysis, 87
Sodium chloride
coalescence, 286-89
wetting kinetics studies, 286-87
Sodium fluorescein
particles of, charging studies, 263
Sodium hydroxide
formation in molten soil systems, 37
Sodium hydroxide systems (NaOQH*RbOH)
formation in fireball, 38
Sodium ions
diffusion in fused silicates, 13-14
Soil Conservation Service
**Stront:um-90 on the Earth’s Surface.
W”’, 359-68
Soils
cesium transfer to plants from, 899-900
cesium-137 content in Chicago, 784-86
cesium-137 content, variations in,
711-17, 722
effect on cloud geometries from underground bursts, 335-39
fractionation correlations for bursts
in various types, 72-81
fractionation of induced radioisotopes of,
34
gammaradiation levels, 238-40
molten, chemical studies, 35
sampling, AEC and USDA program, 378
strontium-90 content, 360-63
strontium-90 content, variations in,
711-16, 721
South Africa
(see Union of South Africa)
South America
tritium concentrations since 1961, 655-
56, 667-68
South Carolina
environmental gamma ray levels, 240
South Dakota
environmental gamma ray levels, 240
Southern hemisphere
circulation changes with height in
atmosphere, 694-95
comparison with northern, in 9Sr content
of air, 616, 623-24, 625-26
debris deposition correlations with
southern hemisphere, 695-96
meteorological differences from
northern hemisphere, 687
seasonal variations in 1960, 688
spring deposition peaks, 791, 792, 797
stratospheric radioactivity from weapon
tests, 409-20
tritium concentrations since 1961, 657
Spectrometers
particle charge studies, 265, 268
Spectrometry (gamma ray)
cesium-137 in forage and feeds, 704
cesium-137 in milk, 704
cesium-137 in rain samples, 704
environmental gammaray studies,
233-44
fission product radioisotopes, 183-97
multidimensional instrument, 199-204,
248
particle analysis program at LRL, 155
particles from high yield air bursts,
108-18
radioisotope measurements in fallout
samples, 198-221
radioisotope samples, 428, 432-33
surface air samples, 497, 498
Spectroscopy(beta ray)
rainfall samples, 531
Spitzbergen
tritium concentrations since 1961, 651,
657
Spring
deposition peaks in, 498-505, 584,
791, 792, 797
milk contamination levels during,
in Norway, 865
storm activity, effects on beta deposition,
532-65
Springfield Project, 436-49, 584
Squier, LaVon A.
**Kinetics of Wetting in Washout of
Dust’’, 281-300
Stanford Research Institute
**Small Boy Shot Fallout Research
Program’’, 44-71
Staplex air sampler, 84-5
Star Dust Project, 602, 609-13
Starfish Prime burst
cadmium isotope production, 693-94
cadmium-109 tracer studies, 405-8
debris, stratospheric half-residence
325
stratospheric debris in southern
hemisphere, 409-20