Global fallout 137Cs accumulation and vertical migration in selected soils from South Patagonia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-60

  Schuller, P ^a   Bunzl, K ^b   Voigt, G ^c   Ellies, A ^a   Castillo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; Convection velocity; Diffusion coefficient; Patagonia; Plants; Soil

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FALLOUT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137;

ACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; VELOCITY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141527458     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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