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137-Cs redistribution in time in wet bory and sugrudy soils in forests of Ukrainian Polissia

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The data on 137 Cs distribution in sod-podzol forest soils of Ukrainian Polissia contaminated by radionuclides after Chornobyl accident are presented.Researches were conducted on the permanent sample areas in wet bory and sugrudy in 2000 and in 2012 years.It is proved that 137 Cs migration from the forest litter to the soil mineral part occurred comparatively quickly.It can be explained by a thin layer and a high mineralization of the forest litter in wet sugrudy.Nevertheless, wet bory are characterized by more intensive radionuclide migration to the deeper layers of the soil mineral part.Such regularity can be explained by a small amount of humus and fine-dispersed particles as well as higher soil acidity in wet bory.

Source: Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy

DOI: 10.15407/jnpae2016.01.063

Authors: V.P. Krasnov, T.V. Kurbet, Z.M. Shelest, O.L. Boiko

Institutions: Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukrainian Order "Sign of Honour" Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration Named after G. M. Vysotsky

Language: English

Topic: Radioactive contamination and transfer

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2811384152