Post-depositional redistribution and gradual accumulation of 137Cs in a riparian wetland ecosystem in Sweden

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-187

  Stark, K ^a   Wallberg, P ^b   Nylen T ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mass balance budget; Overbank sedimentation; Radioactivity; Riparian swamp; Spring flood

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STREAM FLOW; WETLANDS;

MASS BALANCE BUDGET; OVERBANK SEDIMENTATION; RIPARIAN SWAMP; SPRING FLOOD; SWEDEN;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FLOODING; OVERBANK FLOW; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 32544448042     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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