Tree-ring Strontium-90 and cesium-137 as potential indicators of radioactive pollution

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2001-2007

  Kagawa, Akira ^a   Aoki, Toru ^b   Okada, Naoki ^b   Katayama, Yukio ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CESIUM; FORESTRY; STRONTIUM;

TREE RINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYMNOSPERM; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; TREE; TREE RING;

CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; GYMNOSPERMAE; JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036859296     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2002.2001     Document Type: Article

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