Forms of fallout 137Cs and 239 + 240Pu in successive horizons of a forest soil

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-68

  Bunzl, K ^a   Kracke, W ^a   Schimmack, W ^a   Zelles, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; ORGANIC MATTER; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

FOREST SOIL; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FALLOUT; FOREST; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031954070     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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