Inventory and vertical migration of 137Cs in Spanish mainland soils

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-597

  Legarda, F ^a   Romero, L M ^b   Herranz, M ^a   Barrera, M ^b   Idoeta, R ^a   Valino F ^b   Olondo, C ^a   Caro, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

137Cs inventory in soils; 137Cs vertical migration; Convective diffusive model; Fallout; Radioactivity in soil

Indexed keywords

137CS INVENTORY IN SOILS; 137CS VERTICAL MIGRATION; ANNUAL RAINFALL; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CONVECTION VELOCITY; CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE MODEL; GIS SOFTWARE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOAM SOILS; MESH GRIDS; PER UNIT; SAMPLING POINTS; SANDY SOILS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOILS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; RAIN;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLAY SOIL; FALLOUT; GIS; INVENTORY; LOAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOAM SOIL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 79955947744     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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