Soil radiocesium distribution in rice fields disturbed by farming process after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 242-247

  Harada, Naoki ^a   Nonaka, Masanori ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cs 134; Cs 137; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Gamma ray spectrometry; Irrigation; Rice field soil

Indexed keywords

CS-134; CS-137; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RICE FIELDS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CESIUM; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; IRRIGATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; IRRIGATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PADDY FIELD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; FARMING SYSTEM; FLOODING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLOWING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; ORYZA SATIVA; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

EID: 84866302271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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