| Title | Characteristics of Chernobyl fallout in the Italian coastal marine environment [Caratteristiche del fallout da Chernobyl nell'ambiente marino costiero italiano] |
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| Publication Type | Monografia |
| Year of Publication | 1989 |
| Authors | Delfanti, Roberta, and Papucci C. |
| Series Title | Ecologia. Atti 3 congresso della Societa Italiana di Ecologia, Siena, 1987. Tomo 1 |
| Number of Pages | 201-205 |
| Publisher | Edizioni Zara, Parma; SITE Atti, 7 |
| Keywords | Adriatic Sea, caesium, Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, fallout, Ligurian Sea, radionuclide, Ruthenium, Seawater, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Abstract | In the first days of June, most activity in shallow water sediments was due to Ruthenium isotopes; 6-12 months later about 10% of Cesium isotopes deposited at the sea surface was found in the upper 2-4 cm of sediment. Maximum radionuclide concentrations in the soft parts of mussels (137Cs: 8 Bqkg-1, 103Ru: 235 Bqkg-1) were found 2-4 days after the maximum radionuclide deposition. From the radionuclide elimination curves, a two compartment system was identified, with biological half lives of 2 and 63 days for Cesium and 2 and 14 days for Ruthenium. -from English summary |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0024907849&partnerID=40&md5=5529ff2e7f31d3c40bb6c1b5b75dca04 |
| Citation Key | Delfanti1989201 |
