Modelling the Chernobyl radioactive fallout (II): A multifractal approach in some European Countries

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2359-2371

  Salvadori, G ^a   Ratti, S P ^a   Belli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs cumulative soil deposition; Chernobyl fallout; Environmental pollution; Multifractals

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; EUROPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE;

CAESIUM-137; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT (1987); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELLING APPROACH; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL DEPOSITION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030303182     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00320-7     Document Type: Article

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