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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION- -------------------------------------- 15
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1.3.1 General Requirements -----------------------------------1.3.2 Data Requirements- ~------------------------------------1.3.3 Special Problems and Solutions - ------------------------+----1.3.4 Radionuclide Composition and Radiation Characteristics- ------------1.3.5 Sampling Bias--~----------------------------------------
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PROCEDURE------------------------------------+--+--2.1 Shot Participation- ----~-------------~+-----+--------------------
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1.3.6 Overall Approach- -~-----~------------------+--------------
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2.2 Instrumentation - --~----------------~-------------------------
2.2.1 Major Sampling Array -----------------------------------2.2.2 Minor Sampling Array -----------------------------------2.2.3 Special Sampling Facilities --------------------------------2.2.4 Laboratory Facilities -------------------------------------
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2.3 Station Locations - - ----------------------------------------- 24
2.3.1 Barges, Rafts, Islands, and Skiffs - --------------------------- 24
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2.4.2 Technical -----~---------------------------+-------------
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CHAPTER 3 RESULTS -------------------------------------------. 42
3.1 Data Presentation- -~---------------------------------------3.2 Buildup Characteristics- -------------~------------------------3.2.1 Rate of Arrival ~---------------------------------------3.2.2 Times of Arrival, Peak Activity, and Cessation -------------------
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3.2.4 Particle-Size Variation- -----------------------------------
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3.2.3 Mass-Arrival Rate--------------------~------------------
3.2.5 Ocean Penetration ---------------------------------------
3.3 Physical, Chemical, and Radiochemical Characteristics- ----------------
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3.3.1 Solid Particles ----------------------------------------- 49
3.3.2 Slurry Particles ---------------------------------------3.3.3 Activity and Fraction of Device ---------+--------------------
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3.3.4 Chemical Composition and Surface Density- -- ---------------- ‘++ 56
3.4 Radionuclide Composition and Radiation Characteristics - ----------------
3.4.1 Approach -----~----------------------------------------9
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