Source and fate of Chernobyl-derived radiocaesium on floodplains in Ukraine

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 163, Issue , 1999, Pages 61-67

  Van Der Perk, Marcel ^a   Burrough, Peter A ^a   Culling, Adrian S C ^b   Laptev, Gennady V ^c   Prister, Boris ^d   Sansone, Umberto ^e   Voiteskhovitch, Oleg V ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^e Agenzia Naz la Protez dellAmbiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RADIONUCLIDE;

UKRAINE;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0033374060     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.163.01.05     Document Type: Article

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