Ecological half-life of 137Cs in mosses and lichens in the Ordu province, Turkey by Cevik and Celik

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Cevik, Ugur ^a   Celik, Necati ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ecological half life; Lichen; Moss; Ordu; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENTS; ECOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE; K ELEMENTS; LICHEN; MOSS; MOSS SAMPLES; ORDU;

ECOLOGY;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; HALF LIFE; LICHEN; MOSS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICHEN; MOSS; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BRYOPHYTA; CESIUM; CESIUM ISOTOPES; HALF-LIFE; LICHENS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; ORDU; TURKEY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 57649221464     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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