Investigation of spatial distribution of radiocesium in a paddy field as a potential sink

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tanaka, Kazuya ^a   Iwatani, Hokuto ^b   Takahashi, Yoshio ^b   Sakaguchi, Aya ^b   Yoshimura, Kazuya ^c   Onda, Yuichi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 84894064825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080794     Document Type: Article

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