Caesium, Strontium and Zinc in Tropical Northern Australia
| Title: | Caesium, Strontium and Zinc in Tropical Northern Australia |
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| Authors: | J. Twining; Chief Scientific Investigator; P. Shotton; K. Tagami; T. Payne; T. Itakura; R. Russell; K. Wilde; G. Mcorist; H. Wong |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/bitstream/10238/743/1/ANSTO-E-753.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2003 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Description: | Soil-to-plant radionuclide transfer factors for cesium ( 134 Cs), strontium ( 85 Sr) and zinc ( 65 Zn) into sorghum and mung plants grown in tropical Australia have been determined over a four-year study period. The crops were grown on two types of red earth soils. Transfer factors for Cs and Sr are not substantially different from the expected values based on previous studies, reported in the general literature and compiled in the IUR database, mainly performed within temperate climates. In contrast, the values for zinc (Zn) are more than an order of magnitude greater than anticipated. Most of the radioactivity added to the soils has been retained in the top 5 cm of both soils. There has been a general decline in soil-to-plant transfer of Cs and Zn as time has increased. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.426.9378 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.426.9378; http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/bitstream/10238/743/1/ANSTO-E-753.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.541CFB0E |
| Database: | BASE |