Predicting sediment and cesium-137 discharge from catchments in eastern Fukushima

Anthropocene

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-31

  Kitamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Masaaki ^a   Kurikami, Hiroshi ^a   Yui, Mikazu ^a   Onishi, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic system; Cesium; Contamination; GIS; Sediment; USLE

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CESIUM; LAND USE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84908387576     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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