Influence of rainfall characteristics on elimination of aerosols of cesium, strontium, barium and tellurium deposited on grassland

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Madoz Escande, C ^a   Garcia Sanchez, L ^a   Bonhomme, T ^a   Morello, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

123mTe; 133Ba; 137Cs; 85Sr; Aerosols; Field loss; Foliar contamination; Grass; Leaching; Rainfall; Wash off

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BARIUM; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; GREENHOUSES; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TELLURIUM;

GRASS; HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; TOTAL TRANSFER FACTORS (TTF);

RAIN;

BARIUM; CESIUM 137; RAIN; STRONTIUM 85; TELLURIUM;

AEROSOL; GRASSLAND; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEW; DRY DEPOSITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VEGETATION;

AEROSOLS; BARIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; POACEAE; RAIN; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TELLURIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144452466     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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