Modelling the chernobyl radioactive fallout (I): A fractal approach in Northern Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2347-2357

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs airborne radioactivity; Chernobyl fallout; Environmental pollution; Fractals; Multifractals

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; MODEL; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVITY; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030560750     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00319-0     Document Type: Article

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