A comparative study of radiocesium mobility measurements in soils and sediments from the catchment of a small upland oligotrophic lake (Devoke Water, U.K.)

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2846-2855

  Comans, R N J ^a   Hilton, J ^b   Voitsekhovitch, O ^c   Laptev, G ^c   Popov, V ^d   Madruga, M J ^e,f   Bulgakov, A ^d   Smith, J T ^b   Movchan, N ^g   Konoplev, A ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^d Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^e Direccao Geral do Ambiente   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g 252680 ^*  (Ukraine)

Author keywords

137Cs; Availability; Distribution coefficient; Exchangeability; K(D); Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

DEVOKE WATER CATCHMENT; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; RADIOCESIUM;

WATER TREATMENT;

CESIUM;

OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; LAKE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

DEVOKE WATER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032171398     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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