Cesium-137 contamination of oak (Quercus petrae Liebl.) from sub-mediterranean zone in South Bulgaria

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 864-868

  Zhiyanski, Miglena ^a   Sokolovska, Maria ^a   Bech, Jaume ^b   Clouvas, Alexandros ^c   Penev, Ilia ^d   Badulin, Viktor ^e  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^e National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Grass vegetation; Oak tree compartments; South Bulgaria; Transfer factor

Indexed keywords

BULGARIA; CAESIUM-137; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GRASS SPECIES; HIGH ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OAK TREE; QUERCUS; ROOT UPTAKE; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER FACTORS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER FACTOR; TREE BIOMASS; WOOD DISK;

ADSORPTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SUMMER;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRASS; NONHUMAN; OAK;

BULGARIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

ACCIDENTS; ADSORPTION; BIODIVERSITY; BULGARIA; CESIUM; LEAVES; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

BULGARIA; CHERNOBYL; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

QUERCUS;

EID: 77955090275     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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