Distribution of 210Pb and 210Po in boreal forest soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6165-6171

  Vaaramaa, Kaisa ^a   Aro, Lasse ^b   Solatie, Dina ^c   Lehto, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest soil; Distribution; Polonium; Radioactive lead

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BOREAL FORESTS; DISTRIBUTION; FINLAND; FOREST SOILS; GROUND SURFACES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LITTER LAYER; MINERAL LAYERS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RADIOACTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RADIOACTIVE LEAD; ROOT UPTAKE; ROOT ZONE; SCOTS PINE; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SYSTEMATIC CORRELATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY; LEAD; LEAD OXIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; LEAD 210; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLONIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST SOIL; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FINLAND; FOREST SOIL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SCOTS PINE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TAIGA;

FINLAND; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; METALS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TREES;

CONCENTRATION; FINLAND; HUMIC MATERIALS; LEAD OXIDE; MANGANESE; PHASES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL;

FINLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77958098519     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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