Estimating soil loss from changes in soil cesium-137

Cesium-137 activity concentrations in soil and brick samples of Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Pakistan

Background: The aim of this study was to measure137Cs levels in soil and brick samples to set the baseline data and an indicator of fallout radioactivity for this part of the world. This study will help to probe, if there is any health threat posed by 137Cs exposure to the residents of the area. Materials and Methods: Twenty five samples of soil and 6 samples of bricks were collected from diffe...

estimating soil erosion and sedimentation using cesium-137 method: a case study (raymaleh watershed, lorestan)

the rate of soil erosion and sediment yield estimation in the catchment areas is considered as an important factor for soil and water conservation practices. due to difficulties and restrictions in common soil erosion methods, applying a high accuracy method with lowest cost and time consuming would be necessary. assessment of soil loss in hilly areas with capacity of rang land that has changed...

Estimating van genuchten soil water retenion curve from some soil physical properties

cesium-137 activity concentrations in soil and brick samples of mirpur, azad kashmir pakistan

background: the aim of this study was to measure137cs levels in soil and brick samples to set the baseline data and an indicator of fallout radioactivity for this part of the world. this study will help to probe, if there is any health threat posed by 137cs exposure to the residents of the area. materials and methods: twenty five samples of soil and 6 samples of bricks were collected from diffe...

Occurrence and Cesium-137 and Other Radionuclides in the Surface Layers of Soil in Ohio and Antarctica

The testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere in the 1960s and the accidental explosion of a nuclear reactor in 1986 near Chernobyl, Ukraine, caused large amounts of fission-product radionuclides to be deposited over most of the surface of the Earth. The present study was undertaken in order to compare the decay rates of Cs in the surface layer of soil in central Ohio at 40°N and in Antarcti...