Is the transfer factor a relevant tool to assess the soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides under field conditions?

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1972-1979

  Centofanti, T ^a   Penfield, R ^a   Albrecht, A ^a,b   Pellerin, S ^c   Fluhler H ^a   Frossard, E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW OF WATER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

FERTILIZATION; SOIL PROFILE; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; WATER FLOW;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 134; COBALT 57; MANGANESE 54; RADIOISOTOPE; ZINC 65;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; FLOW; GREENHOUSE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAIZE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28044471366     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0412     Document Type: Article

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