Vertical distribution and temporal changes of 137Cs in soil profiles under various land uses after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 351-361

  Takahashi, Junko ^a   Tamura, Kenji ^a   Suda, Tomoya ^a   Matsumura, Ryo ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Initial distribution; Land uses; Scraper plate; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOILS; TOOLS;

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; INITIAL DISTRIBUTION; PENETRATION PROCESS; SCRAPER PLATE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; LAND USE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PADDY FIELD; SOIL PROFILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CATTLE; FOREST; FUKUSHIMA DAI ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PASTURELAND; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACCIDENTS; LAND USE; POWER PLANTS; SOIL;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

BOS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FORESTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GRASSLAND; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84918796801     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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