Migration of fallout radiocaesium in a grassland soil from 1986 to 2001. Part II: Evaluation of the activity-depth profiles by transport models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 863-874

  Schimmack, W ^a   Feria Marquez F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

134CS; 137CS; BIOTURBATION; CONVECTION;

SOILS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; GRASSLAND SOIL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RANDOM WALK METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSION; EVALUATION; FALLOUT; GRASSLAND; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIODICITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GERMANY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33746625618     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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