Comparison of the vertical distributions of Fukushima nuclear accident radiocesium in soil before and after the first rainy season, with physicochemical and mineralogical interpretations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 301-314

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

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; Radiocesium (137Cs and 134Cs); Rainfall; Relaxation length; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ACETATE; CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; EXCHANGEABLE FRACTION; EXTRACTABILITY; FIRM FIXATION; INVENTORY LEVELS; LOW MOBILITY; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGICAL EFFECT; NONSPECIFIC ADSORPTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PARTICLE CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIOCESIUM; RAINY SEASONS; RELAXATION LENGTH; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SMECTITES; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATERSOLUBLE;

ACCIDENTS; ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; MICA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POSITIVE IONS; RAIN; SOILS;

CESIUM;

AMMONIUM ACETATE; CESIUM 137; MICA; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; EXTRACTION METHOD; MICA; MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINFALL; SMECTITE; SOIL POLLUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CROPLAND; EXTRACTION; FOREST; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GRASSLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RAIN; SEASONS; SILICATES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TREES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84873294638     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.087     Document Type: Article

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