The role of litterfall in transferring Fukushima-derived radiocesium to a coniferous forest floor

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 435-439

  Teramage, Mengistu T ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deposition; Litterfall; Radiocesium; Stemflow; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST FLOOR; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; LITTERFALLS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RADIOCESIUM; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY;

CESIUM; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIFFUSION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; LITTERFALL; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROLOGY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLANTATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONIFER; FOREST; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FORESTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLANT LEAVES; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84901392211     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.034     Document Type: Article

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