The use of Cesium-137 to assess modern agrogenic transformation of soil cover in the areas subjected to chernobyl fallout

Eurasian Soil Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 788-802

  Belyaev, V R ^a   Markelov, M V ^a   Golosov, V N ^a   Bonte, Ph ^b   Ivanova, N N ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SOIL COVER;

EID: 9144234823     PISSN: 10642293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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