Factors controlling radiocesium distribution in river sediments: Field and laboratory studies after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-103

  Fan, Qiaohui ^a   Tanaka, Kazuya ^b   Sakaguchi, Aya ^a,c   Kondo, Hiroaki ^a   Watanabe, Naoko ^b   Takahashi, Yoshio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

CATION CONCENTRATIONS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLAY MINERAL; FIELDWORK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY;

ABUKUMA RIVER; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KUCHIBUTO RIVER; TOHOKU;

EID: 84905365677     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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