Seasonal variation of the radiocaesium transfer soil-to-Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla L.) in allophanic soils from the Lake Region, Chile

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-33

  Schuller, P ^a   Bunzl, K ^b   Voigt, G ^c   Krarup, A ^a   Castillo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Effective half life; Radiocaesium; Seasonal variation; Soil to plant transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AGRICULTURAL REGIONS; RADIOCAESIUM TRANSFER;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM; HALF LIFE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BEET; CHILE; CLIMATE; FERTILIZATION; LAKE; PLANT; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SWISS CHARD;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; CLIMATES; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; PRECIPITATION; SOIL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; LABRUS; ROSA; VALDIVIA;

EID: 4644258030     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.035     Document Type: Article

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