Migration of fallout radiocaesium in a grassland soil from 1986 to 2001. Part I: Activity-depth profiles of 134Cs and 137Cs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 853-862

  Schimmack, W ^a   Schultz, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Convection; Dispersion; Soil; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

134CS; 137CS; CONVECTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOILS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; GRASSLAND SOIL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FALLOUT; GERMANY; GRASSLAND; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33746589525     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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