137Cs vertical migration in a deciduous forest soil following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-14

  Nakanishi, Takahiro ^a   Matsunaga, Takeshi ^a   Koarashi, Jun ^a   Atarashi Andoh, Mariko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest soil; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Lysimeter; Mobility; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LYSIMETERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SEEPAGE;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOILS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; SOIL PROFILES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; MINERAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; CESIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; LYSIMETER; MOBILITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SEEPAGE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; TOPSOIL; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLOUT; FOREST SOIL; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMUS; LEACHING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRECIPITATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; (137)CS; ECOSYSTEM; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; JAPAN; LYSIMETER; MOBILITY; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

ACCIDENTS; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SEEPAGE; SOIL;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

(137)CS; FOREST SOIL; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; LYSIMETER; MOBILITY; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84907596375     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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