Modelling the dispersion of radionuclides following short duration releases to rivers: Part 1. Water and sediment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 485-501

  Smith, J T ^a   Bowes, M J ^a   Denison, F H ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Advection; Dispersion; Radioactivity; River; Sediment

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

ADVECTION; DISPERSION; RIVER;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

AMERICIUM 241; CARBON 14; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; STRONTIUM 89; TRITIUM; URANIUM; ZINC 65;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW PATTERN; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FISH; FLOW RATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746715090     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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