A simplified 137Cs transport model for estimating erosion rates in undisturbed soil

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1242-1246

  Zhang, Xinbao ^a,b   Long, Yi ^a,c   He, Xiubin ^a   Fu, Jiexiong ^a,c   Zhang, Yunqi ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs redistribution; Simplified transport process model; Soil erosion rate; Undisturbed soil

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GUNS (ARMAMENT); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TESTING; SIMPLIFIED TRANSPORT PROCESS MODEL; SOIL EROSION RATE; UNDISTURBED SOIL;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

ADSORPTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; MODEL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 44749093359     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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