Evaluation of radiocaesium wash-off by soil erosion from various land uses using USLE plots

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 362-369

  Yoshimura, Kazuya ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Radiocaesium; Soil erosion; USLE plot

Indexed keywords

EROSION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DISCHARGED WATER; FIELD MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; QUANTITATIVE MONITORING; RADIOCAESIUM; SOIL EROSION; USLE PLOT; VEGETATION COVER;

LAND USE;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; LAND USE CHANGE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; FALLOUT; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAWAMATA; TOHOKU;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FORESTRY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84918812939     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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