Vertical profiles of iodine-131 and cesium-137 in soils in Fukushima prefecture related to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 73-76

  Tanaka, Kazuya ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^b   Sakaguchi, Aya ^b   Umeo, Miyuki ^b   Hayakawa, Shinjiro ^a   Tanida, Hajime ^c   Saito, Takashi ^d   Kanai, Yutaka ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Clay minerals; Fukushima; Humic substances; Iodine 131

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IODINE; LEACHING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; CESIUM;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84861672255     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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