Downward migration of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in soils in Poland and Sweden

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-115

  Matisoff, Gerald ^a   Ketterer, Michael E ^b   Rosén, Klas ^c   Mietelski, Jerzy W ^d   Vitko, Lauren F ^a   Persson, Henning ^c   Lokas, Edyta ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CHERNOBYL; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FUEL PARTICLES; MIXING ZONES; PRIMARY MECHANISM; PROFILE SHAPES; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SURFACES; SOLUTE DIFFUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODEL; SOUTHERN POLAND; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CESIUM; FALLOUT; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MIXING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; MIXING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; SOLUTE; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

POLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650703238     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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