137Cs and 40K in the terrestrial vegetation of the Yenisey Estuary: landscape, soil and plant relationships.

Autor: Korobova EM; V.I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Ac. of Sci., 119991 Kosygin Str., 19 Moscow, Russia., Brown JB, Ukraintseva NG, Surkov VV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental radioactivity [J Environ Radioact] 2007; Vol. 96 (1-3), pp. 144-56. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Apr 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.024
Abstrakt: Plant species, forming important components of Arctic food chains and of interest from a monitoring perspective, were studied at 36 plots representing flood plain and terrace landscapes of the Yenisey River and Estuary from its upper delta to the gulf. (137)Cs contamination densities at the plots varied from 0.35kBq/m(2) (central delta, sandy riverside plot) to 88kBq/m(2) (the upper delta plot) indicating both global and regional sources of anthropogenic pollution. Cs-137 levels in plants were within the range expected from global fallout inputs and varied from 31 to 140Bq/kg d.w. increasing in dominant groups in the order: grasses
Databáze: MEDLINE