Publication Date:
2015-12-25
Description:
The activity of cesium-137 from global atmospheric fallouts was studied in the soils of three 1 st order catchment basins in the taiga, subtaiga, and forest-steppe zones in the Ob basin. Cesium-137 runoff from those catchment basins was evaluated to give 0.48–5.0 in the taiga, 14.9–15.3 in the subtaiga, and 14.1–15.7 mCi km –2 . in the forest-steppe zones. The published data on sediment delivery coefficients and the leveloped typification of river basins were used to extrapolate the obtained data on 137 Cs runoff to the area of developed semihumid and humid river basins under natural vegetation. The runoff of global-fallout 137 Cs from the Ob Basin never exceeds 4% of its total reserves.
Print ISSN:
0097-8078
Electronic ISSN:
1608-344X
Topics:
Biology
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Geography
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Geosciences
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