Vertical migration studies of 137Cs from nuclear weapons fallout and the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 90-102

  Almgren, S ^a   Isaksson, M ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caesium; CDE; Convection; Depth distribution; Diffusion; In situ; Migration; Soil samples

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION (CDE); DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS FALLOUT (NWF); SOIL SAMPLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CESIUM; SAMPLING; SITE SELECTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPON; SOIL POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MIGRATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750078090     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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