Spatial variability of fallout Caesium-137 in Austrian alpine regions

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Lettner, H ^a   Bossew, P ^a,b   Hubmer, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Austrian Inst for Appl Ecology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chernobyl fallout; Spatial variability; Total process coefficient of variation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; FALLOUT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0033992551     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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