Vertical distribution and inventories of 137Cs in the Syrian soils of the eastern Mediterranean region

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-198

  Al Masri, M S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Chernobyl; Eastern Mediterranean region; Reference inventory; Soils; Syria; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

CHERNOBYL; SYRIA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SYRIA;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 29244460958     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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