Artificial radionuclides ⁹⁰Sr and ²⁴¹Am in the sediments of the Baltic Sea: total and spatial inventories and some temporal trends.

The Baltic Sea was contaminated by radioactivity following global nuclear fallout and later by the Chernobyl accident. Despite the decrease of radioactivity caused by radioactive decay, radionuclides have a prolonged residence time in the water of the Baltic Sea due to slow water exchange and relatively rapid sedimentation. Very little is known about the amounts or spatial differences of ⁹⁰Sr and ²⁴¹Am in the Baltic Sea sediments.