Sequential Extractions for the Study of Radiocesium and Radiostrontium Dynamics in Mineral and Organic Soils from Western Europe and Chernobyl Areas

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 887 - 895
• Main Authors: Rigol, Anna, Roig, Maria, Vidal, Miquel, Rauret, Gemma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.03.1999
• Subjects: AGING; Applied sciences; Biological and physicochemical properties of pollutants. Interaction in the soil; CAESIUM; CESIO; CESIUM; Contamination; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; ENVEJECIMIENTO; ESTRONCIO; EUROPA OCCIDENTAL; EUROPE OCCIDENTALE; Exact sciences and technology; INTERACTIONS; ISOTOPE RADIOACTIF; LOAM SOILS; LOAMY SANDY SOILS; Nuclear power plants; PEAT SOILS; PODZOL; PODZOLES; PODZOLS; POLLUTED SOIL; polluted soils; Pollution; Pollution, environment geology; Radioactivity; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPOS; RADIONUCLDIE-SOIL INTERACTIONS; RADIONUCLIDE AGING; radionuclides; SANDY SOILS; Soil and sediments pollution; Soils; SOL DE REGION SECHE; SOL POLLUE; SOL SABLEUX; SOL SABLOLIMONEUX; SOL TOURBEUX; STRONTIUM; SUELO ARENOSO; SUELO CONTAMINADO; SUELO FRANCO; SUELO TURBOSO; SUELO XERICO; UCRANIA; UKRAINE; VIEILLISSEMENT; WESTERN EUROPE; Western European region; xeric regimes; XERIC SOILS; Eastern Europe; Europe; Mediterranean Basin; Ukraine; Chernobyl Ukraine; Western Europe; Western European region; Cesium 137; Radioactive pollution; Pollutant behavior; Soil moisture; Organic soil; Sequential extraction; Mineral soils; Bioavailability; Radioisotope; Soil pollution; Loamy soil; Peat soil; Soil interaction; Podzol; Strontium 85; Sandy loam soil

To study radiostrontium (RSr) and radiocesium (RCs) aging in soils, three sequential extraction schemes were used on Mediterranean loamy and loam-sandy soils, podsols and peaty podsols from the area near Chernobyl, and peats from Western Europe. Aging was quantified by changes in radionuclide distri...