Radioecological Aspects of Soil Pollution in Small Catchments

Desmond E. Walling; Valentin Nikolaevich Golosov; E. V. Kvasnikova; C. Vandecasteele

Radioecological Aspects of Soil Pollution in Small Catchments

Desmond E. Walling, Valentin Nikolaevich Golosov, E. V. Kvasnikova, C. Vandecasteele

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Abstract

The ¹³⁷Cs content and vertical distribution in the soils of two small catchments with different topography were studied. It was found that a high rate of modern sediment deposition (1-2 cm/year) in the bottoms and some parts of slopes leads to active burying of soil horizons contaminated with Chernobyl-derived radionuclides. Thus, contrary to popular belief, the role of strongly polluted horizons of meadow-chernozemic soils in the zones of sediment accumulation as the sources of external irradiation steadily decreases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	776-784
Number of pages	9
Journal	Eurasian Soil Science
Volume	33
Issue number	7
State	Published - Jul 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Soil Science
Earth-Surface Processes

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