Relevance of Radiocaesium Interception Potential (RIP) on a worldwide scale to assess soil vulnerability to 137Cs contamination

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Vandebroek, Louis ^a,b   Van Hees, May ^a   Delvaux, Bruno ^b   Spaargaren, Otto ^c   Thiry, Yves ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

137Cs; Acid extraction; Micaceous clay; Radiocaesium Interception Potential; Soil collection; Soil taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACID EXTRACTION; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANDOSOLS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXTRACTABILITY; FOODCHAIN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOCAESIUM; RADIOCAESIUM INTERCEPTION POTENTIALS; REFERENCE GROUP; SIMPLE ACID EXTRACTION; SOIL DATA; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TAXONOMY;

CESIUM;

SOILS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ANDOSOL; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLAY SOIL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; FERRALSOL; FOOD CHAIN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PODZOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RADIOCAESIUM INTERCEPTION POTENTIAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM ACETATE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS;

EID: 81855163359     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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