A new method to account for the depth distribution of 137Cs in soils in the calculation of external radiation dose-rate

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-334

  Timms, D N ^a   Smith, J T ^b   Cross, M A ^a   Kudelsky, A V ^c   Horton, G ^a   Mortlock, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Winfrith Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics Minsk   (Belarus)

Author keywords

137Cs; ADE equation; Belarus; Chernobyl; Gamma; Radiation dose; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; REMEDIATION;

ADVECTION DISPERSION EQUATION (ADE);

SOILS;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL PROFILE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADVECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLOWING; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; REDUCTION; SOIL STRUCTURE;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1242296784     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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