Sediment transport processes in a reservoir–catchment system inferred from sediment trap observations and fallout radionuclides

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Sediment transport processes and their responses to hydrological conditions were investigated based on sediment trap observations in a reservoir–catchment system in Japan. The annual discharge rate of 134Cs from the catchment was much higher than that of 137Cs. This difference suggests that 134Cs freshly derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident accumulated in the surface soil, which acted as a major sediment source. The seasonal changes in the 137Cs/210Pbex ratio in the trap samples corresponded well to the precipitation changes. This suggests that the precipitation intensity affects the source of eroded sediment in the catchment.

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  1. Shinya Ochiai

    Present address: Department of Radioecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, 1-7, Ienomae, Obuchi, Rokkasho, Kamikita, Aomori, 039-3212, Japan

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  1. Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, O 24, Wake, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1224, Japan

    Shinya Ochiai, Masayoshi Yamamoto & Seiya Nagao

  2. Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan

    Taeko Itono

  3. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan

    Kenji Kashiwaya

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Ochiai, S., Yamamoto, M., Nagao, S. et al. Sediment transport processes in a reservoir–catchment system inferred from sediment trap observations and fallout radionuclides. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1497–1501 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3577-0

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Keywords

  • Reservoir sediment
  • Sediment trap
  • 210Pb
  • 137Cs
  • 134Cs