High plant uptake of radiocesium from organic soils due to Cs mobility and low soil K content

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2752-2757

  Sanchez, A L ^a   Wright, S M ^a   Smolders, E ^b   Naylor, C ^a   Stevens, P A ^c   Kennedy, V H ^a   Dodd, B A ^a   Singleton, D L ^a   Barnett, C L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CLAY; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CESIUM MOBILITY; HIGH PLANT UPTAKE; ORGANIC SOILS; RADIOCESIUM; SOIL PROPERTIES;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033566944     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990058h     Document Type: Article

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