Temporal variations of radon concentration in the saturated soil of Alpine grassland: The role of groundwater flow

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2361-2371

  Perrier, Frédéric ^a   Richon, Patrick ^a,b   Sabroux, Jean Christophe ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Meteorological effects; Radon 222; Soil hydrology; Soil water content; Temperature effect; Transit time; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS; RADON-222; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSIT TIME; WATER INFILTRATION;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; RADON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 60649100414     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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