Impact of the 2019 typhoons on sediment source contributions and radiocesium concentrations in rivers draining the Fukushima radioactive plume, Japan

The Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011 generated a 3000 km$^{2}$ plume of soils heavily contaminated with $^{137}$Cs. Decontamination was completed early in 2019. Typhoon Hagibis was the first extreme event that occurred in the region after decontamination. Its impact on sediment sources and s...

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Main Authors: Evrard, Olivier, Durand, Roxanne, Nakao, Atsushi, Patrick Laceby, J., Lefèvre, Irène, Wakiyama, Yoshifumi, Hayashi, Seiji, Asanuma-Brice, Cécile, Cerdan, Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Académie des sciences 2020-12-01
Series:Comptes Rendus. Géoscience
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.42/