Investigation of the vertical distribution and speciation of 137Cs in soil profiles at burnt and unburnt forest sites in the Belarusian Exclusion Zone

• Published in: Journal of environmental radioactivity Vol. 175-176; pp. 60 - 69
• Main Authors: Dowdall, M., Bondar, Y., Skipperud, L., Zabrotski, V., Pettersen, M. Nandrup, Selnæs, Ø.G., Brown, J.E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2017
• Subjects: 137Cs speciation; Belarus; cesium; Chernobyl; Forest fire effects; forest fires; Forest soils; forests; iron; long term effects; manganese; organic matter; oxides; radioactivity; Radionuclides; soil profiles; spatial distribution; Chernobyl; Radionuclides; Forest fire effects; Belarus; 137Cs speciation; Forest soils

The effects of fire events on contaminant radionuclides within soils of the Belarusian Exclusion Zone were investigated. A number of cores were taken from locations known to have been subject to fire events in the past as well as a series of cores from nearby unburnt locations. Both burnt and unburn...