Author:
Guan Yong-Jing,Chen Wu,Wang Shen-Zhen,Hua Yu-Xin,Jing Qiao-Yan,Liu Zhi-Yong,Huang Chun-Ping,Wang De-Yu,Wang Hui-Juan,He Xian-Wen,De Cesare Mario,Cui Liang-Jia,He Hua,Fan Kai-Di,Guo Zi-Chen
Abstract
AbstractThe spatial distributions of 239+240Pu and 137Cs in soils from Longji Rice Terraces were investigated to evaluate soil erosion. The activity concentrations of 239+240Pu and 137Cs in the surface soils of the paddy fields were in the range of 0.089–0.734 and 1.80–7.88 mBq/g, respectively. The activities of 239+240Pu and 137Cs showed very similar distribution trends, first increasing and then decreasing with increasing elevation. The 240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in the surface soils ranged from 0.162 to 0.232. The activities of 239+240Pu and 137Cs in the soil cores tended to be uniformly distributed within the plowed layer and declined exponentially below this depth. The mean soil erosion rates of Longji Rice Terraces estimated by 239+240Pu and 137Cs tracer methods were 5.44 t/(ha·a) and 5.16 t/(ha·a), respectively, which demonstrated that plutonium can replace 137Cs as an ideal tracer for soil erosion research in the future. Landform features are the main factors affecting the distribution of plutonium and 137Cs as well as soil erosion in the Longji Rice Terraces.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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