Altitude dependent 137Cs concentrations in different plant species in alpine agricultural areas

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-30

  Lettner, Herbert ^a   Griesebner, Andreas ^a   Peer, Thomas ^a   Hubmer, Alexander K ^a   Pintaric, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Plant specific radionuclide uptake; Radiocesium aggregated transfer coefficient; Seminatural environment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT-SPECIFIC RADIONUCLIDE UPTAKE; RADIOCESIUM AGGREGATED TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SEMINATURAL ENVIRONMENT;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PLANT; VEGETATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALTITUDE; AUSTRIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 28844460730     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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