Diffusion and transportation dynamics of 137Cs deposited on the forested area in fukushima after the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident in march 2011

Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Volumn 9784431543282, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-186

  Ohte, Nobuhito ^a   Murakami, Masashi ^b   Suzuki, Takahiro ^b   Iseda, Kohei ^a   Tanoi, Keitaro ^a   Ishii, Nobuyoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Food web; Forest; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; Hydrological processes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; DIFFUSION; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORMS;

137CS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEBS; FOREST; FORESTED AREA; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84912066363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54328-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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