The transfer capability of long-lived Chernobyl radionuclides from surface soil to river water in dissolved forms

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Amano, H ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a   Nagao, S ^a   Hanzawa, Y ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Onuma, Y ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Radiation Measurements   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl 30 km zone; Cs 137; Dissolved organic materials; Fulvic acid; Runoff; Speciation; Sr 90; Surface soil; Transuranic elements; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM); SPECIATION ANALYSIS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FALLOUT; LEACHING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SOIL SURFACE;

EID: 0032809733     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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