Vertical migration of radiocesium and clay mineral composition in five forest soils contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear accident

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-764

  Fujii, Kazumichi ^a   Ikeda, Shigeto ^a   Akama, Akio ^a   Komatsu, Masabumi ^a   Takahashi, Masamichi ^a   Kaneko, Shinji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium; mica; radiocaesium; sorption; volcanic soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912570562     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2014.926781     Document Type: Article

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