Vertical distribution of radiocesium in coniferous forest soil after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-45

  Teramage, Mengistu T ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Patin, Jeremy ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^b   Nam, Sooyoun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deposition; Forest floor; Migration; Radiocesium

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; FLOORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SOILS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST SOILS; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; FOREST FLOORS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; MIGRATION; RADIOCESIUM; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN; TRANSFER FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; INTERPHASE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SAMPLING; SURFACE SOIL; ANALYSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; FOREST; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; METABOLISM; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; SOIL;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHAMAECYPARIS; FORESTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 84903829209     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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