CS-137 CONCENTRATIONS IN LICHENS BEFORE AND AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

被引:26
作者
HOFMANN, W [1 ]
ATTARPOUR, N [1 ]
LETTNER, H [1 ]
TURK, R [1 ]
机构
[1] SALZBURG UNIV, INST PLANZENPHYSIOL, A-5020 SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
来源
HEALTH PHYSICS | 1993年 / 64卷 / 01期
关键词
CS-137; CHERNOBYL; FALLOUT; K-40;
D O I
10.1097/00004032-199301000-00009
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Cs-137 activities were measured in a variety of epigeic and epiphytic lichens in Austria before and after contamination by the Chernobyl fallout. For comparison, the activity of the naturally occurring K-40 was also determined in each lichen sample. The high Cs-137 activities found after Chernobyl suggest that lichens are suitable and inexpensive biological detectors of the fallout pattern.
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页数:4
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