BEHAVIOR OF RADIOCESIUM IN A FOREST IN THE EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS

Authors
BELLI M SANSONE U MENEGON S
Citation
M. Belli et al., BEHAVIOR OF RADIOCESIUM IN A FOREST IN THE EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS, Science of the total environment, 157(1-3), 1994, pp. 257-260
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
157
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
257 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1994)157:1-3<257:BORIAF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Radiocaesium behaviour has been studied in soil in a mixed forest loca ted in the Carnic Alps (eastern part of Italy). Soil sampling along th e vertical profile was carried out from October 1988 to October 1991. The results obtained show a very slow radiocaesium migration through t he organic layers and indicate that after the fallout events, the radi ocaesium isotopes deposited on the forest floor remain confined in the holorganic horizons for a long time.