Factors affecting vertical distribution of Fukushima accident-derived radiocesium in soil under different land-use conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 392-401

  Koarashi, Jun ^a   Atarashi Andoh, Mariko ^a   Matsunaga, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Tsutomu ^b   Nagao, Seiya ^c   Nagai, Haruyasu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant; Land use types; Radiocesium (137Cs and 134Cs); Soil organic matter; Soil physicochemical properties; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

LAND-USE TYPES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIOCESIUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ACCIDENTS; ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

CESIUM;

CALCIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADSORPTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; LAND USE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CROPLAND; FOREST; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; JAPAN; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TREES;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; EARTH MOVEMENT; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR RADIATION; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SOIL;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84862196259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.041     Document Type: Article

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