On the ordered nature of redistribution of technogenic elements in undisturbed elementary landscape-geochemical systems of the temperate zone on the example of the Chernobyl 137Cs fallout

Environmental geochemistry and health (EGAH) Special Issue “reclamation of polluted soils for food production and human health: part 2”

“…PCA and CA suggested that Co, Ni and Mn mainly derive from geogenic origin, while Ba, Cr, Cu, Pb, V and Zn from anthropic origin; Mn showed both sources. The contamination factor indicated that some soil samples are very highly contaminated by Ba, Pb, Zn and V. Korobova et al (2022) studied the identifying patterns in the distribution of pollutants in the elementary landscape-geochemical systems (ELGS) of the temperate zone. The authors used 137 Cs as a tracer in the Bryansk region in the Chernobyl abandoned area and applied an original technique of repeated 137 Cs measurements along cross sections accompanied by topographic survey and soil cores sampling.…”