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Characteristics of Early Fall-Out from the Russian Nuclear Explosions of 1961

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PEIRSON, D., KEANE, J. Characteristics of Early Fall-Out from the Russian Nuclear Explosions of 1961. Nature 196, 801–807 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196801a0

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