Modeling radiocesium transport from a river catchment based on a physically-based distributed hydrological and sediment erosion model

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 407-415

  Kinouchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yoshimura, Kazuya ^b,c   Omata, Teppei ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Hydrological model; Sediment transport; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; EROSION; FALLOUT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCESIUM CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SOIL EROSION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; RAIN; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER EROSION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CATCHMENT; FALLOW; HUMIDITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; LEACHING; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL; VELOCITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; TRANSPORT;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84918791886     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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