The use of a numerical mass-balance model to estimate rates of soil redistribution on uncultivated land from 137Cs measurements

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-203

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Walling, Desmond E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RAIN;

MASS-BALANCE MODEL; RADIOCAESIUM ANALYSIS; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; UNCULTIVATED LAND;

ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; LEACHING; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031800572     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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