Distribution of artificial radionuclides (110mAg, 129mTe, 134Cs, 137Cs) in surface soils from Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan, following the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-285

  Watanabe, Takahiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Noriyoshi ^a   Oura, Yasuji ^b   Ebihara, Mitsuru ^b   Inoue, Chihiro ^a   Hirano, Nobuo ^a   Yamada, Ryoichi ^a   Yamasaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Okamoto, Atsushi ^a   Nara, Fumiko Watanabe ^a   Nunohara, Keishi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Techno Hase Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caesium; Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant accident; Miyagi Prefecture; Radioactivity; Surface soils

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84878995296     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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