Vertical migration of fallout 137Cs in agricultural soils from Southern Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-205

  Schuller, Paulina ^a   Ellies, Achim ^a   Kirchner, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

atomic weapons fallout; cesium; migration; soil; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CAESIUM-137; FALLOUT; RADIONUCLIDE; ROOT UPTAKE; SOIL SURFACE;

CHILE;

EID: 0031590884     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05338-7     Document Type: Article

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