Open Access137CS CONTAMINATION AND ITS VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE CURONIAN SPIT SOIL
Author(s) -
Rasa Morkūnienė,
Vaida Valuntaitė,
Aloyzas Girgždys,
Nijole Astrauskiene
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of environmental engineering and landscape management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1822-4199
pISSN - 1648-6897
DOI - 10.3846/16486897.2005.9636859
Subject(s) - environmental science , radionuclide , contamination , ecosystem , soil test , range (aeronautics) , soil horizon , soil science , soil contamination , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental chemistry , geology , soil water , ecology , chemistry , biology , geotechnical engineering , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , composite material
In 2003–2004 soil depthprofile sampling was carried out at Juodkrantein the Curonian Spit. The activity concentrations of anthropogenic radionuclide 137Cs in soil samples from the terrestrial and coastal environment of the Curonian Spit were determined and a study of their distribution was performed. The range of activity concentrations of accumulated deposits of 137Cs in a 0–30 cm soil layer is 0,2–370,9 Bq·kg−1 and 2,2–11,2 Bq˙kg−1in samples of the forest soil and beach sand, respectively. Soil depth profiles display higher activity concentration levels in their upper layer of the forest soil and insignificant variations of lower activity concentrations in the surf zone‐the dune ecosystem.