Interception of the Fukushima reactor accident-derived 137Cs, 134Cs and 131I by coniferous forest canopies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT; FLOORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CONIFEROUS FORESTS; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST FLOORS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCESIUM; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SPRUCE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84868028808     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052928     Document Type: Article

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