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Effect of 137Cs accumulation by organomineral coarse particles in sandy soils contaminated during the Chernobyl NPP accident

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Dark-colored particles in the coarse fractions of sandy soils were found to concentrate 137Cs. Up to 94% of the fractional 137Cs was associated with these particles in the sand and coarse silt fractions, although their relative mass did not exceed 1–5%. The concentrations of 137Cs in the dark-colored particles were up to 400 times higher than those in the light-colored particles. The high values of the radiocesium interception potential (RIP(K) = 1600–4600 mM/kg) indicate the presence of clay minerals in the dark particles.

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Original Russian Text © V.E. Popov, 2006, published in Pochvovedenie, 2006, No. 3, pp. 344–351.

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Popov, V.E. Effect of 137Cs accumulation by organomineral coarse particles in sandy soils contaminated during the Chernobyl NPP accident. Eurasian Soil Sc. 39, 307–313 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229306030100

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