Articles | Volume 381
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-381-95-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-381-95-2019
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01 Aug 2019
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Reconstruction of long-term dynamics of Chernobyl-derived 137Cs in the Upa River using bottom sediments in the Scheckino reservoir and semi-empirical modelling

Alexei V. Konoplev, Maxim M. Ivanov, Valentin N. Golosov, and Evgenyi A. Konstantinov

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The method for reconstructing the long-term dependence of radionuclide concentrations in rivers and reservoirs based on their vertical distribution in bottom sediments is proposed. Reconstructed time dependencies of particulate and dissolved Cs-137 activity concentrations in the Upa River were found to be described well by the semi-empirical “diffusion” model.