Establishment of control site baseline data for erosion studies using radionuclides: A case study in East Slovenia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 854-863

  Mabit, Lionel ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Jankong, Patcharin ^a   Toloza, Arsenio ^a   Padilla Alvarez, Roman ^a   Zupanc, Vesna ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

137Cs inventory; Erosion; Fallout radionuclides; Multi elemental fingerprint; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Reference site; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; REFERENCE SITES; SOIL QUALITY;

BIODEGRADATION; CESIUM; DEGRADATION; FALLOUT; HEAVY METALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL SURVEYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; HEAVY METAL; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 226; THORIUM 232; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BASELINE SURVEY; BIODEGRADATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; FOREST COVER; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOREST; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RURAL AREA; SLOVENIA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; SLOVENIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 77955091609     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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