Watershed wash-off of atmospherically deposited radionuclides: review of the fluxes and their evolution with time

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-573

  Garcia Sanchez, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Radionuclide; Review; Transfer function; Wash off; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATERSHEDS;

RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WASH-OFF FLUXES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATABASE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 40849120064     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.11.013     Document Type: Review

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