Processes, dynamics and modelling of radiocaesium cycling in a chronosequence of Chernobyl-contaminated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 325, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 163-180

  Goor, François ^a   Thiry, Yves ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annual fluxes; Chernobyl consequences; Chronosequence; Forest biological cycling; Modelling of radiocaesium transfer; Wood contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; FLUXES; FORESTRY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

RADIOCAESIUM CYCLING; ROOT ABSORPTION; SCOTS PINE STANDS;

FALLOUT;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; HEAVY METAL; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DYNAMICS; FOREST; IMMOBILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SCOTS PINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; TREES; UKRAINE;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 2442628149     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.10.037     Document Type: Article

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