Determination of 137Cs in the water system of a pre-Alpine lake

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-360

  Erlinger, Ch ^a   Lettner, H ^a   Hubmer, A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Steinhausler F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; 40K; Annual run off; Chernobyl; Particle size

Indexed keywords

137CS; 40K; ALPINE LAKES; ANNUAL RUN-OFF; AUSTRIA; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENTS; CHERNOBYL FALLOUTS; DEPTH PROFILES; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; HEAVY RAINFALLS; LAKE WATERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; POWER FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES; WATER BODIES; WATER SYSTEMS;

CATCHMENTS; FALLOUT; LAKES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; LAKE POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RUNOFF;

AUSTRIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA]; UKRAINE; WALLERSEE;

EID: 61349144843     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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