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<journal-title>Biogeosciences</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Biogeosciences</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1726-4189</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/bg-10-6215-2013</article-id>
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<article-title>Export of &lt;sup&gt;134&lt;/sup&gt; Cs and &lt;sup&gt;137&lt;/sup&gt; Cs in the Fukushima river systems at heavy rains by Typhoon Roke in September 2011</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nagao</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kanamori</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ochiai</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tomihara</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fukushi</surname>
<given-names>K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yamamoto</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group><aff id="aff1">
<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1224, Japan</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Aquamarine Fukushima, Obama, Iwaki, Fukushima 971-8101, Japan</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Division of Earth Dynamics, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>02</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<issue>10</issue>
<fpage>6215</fpage>
<lpage>6223</lpage>
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<copyright-year>2013</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>At stations on the Natsui River and the Same River in Fukushima Prefecture,
Japan, effects of a heavy rain event on radiocesium export were studied
after Typhoon Roke during 21–22 September 2011, six months after the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Radioactivity of &lt;sup&gt;134&lt;/sup&gt;Cs
and &lt;sup&gt;137&lt;/sup&gt;Cs in river waters was 0.009–0.098 Bq L&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt; in normal flow
conditions during July–September 2011, but it increased to 0.85 Bq L&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt; in
high flow conditions because of heavy rains occurring with the typhoon. The
particulate fractions of &lt;sup&gt;134&lt;/sup&gt;Cs and &lt;sup&gt;137&lt;/sup&gt;Cs were 21–56% of total
radiocesium in the normal flow condition, but were close to 100% after
the typhoon. These results indicate that the pulse input of radiocesium
associated with suspended particles from land to coastal ocean occurred
because of the heavy rain event. Export flux of &lt;sup&gt;134&lt;/sup&gt;Cs and &lt;sup&gt;137&lt;/sup&gt;Cs
attributable to the heavy rain accounts for 30–50% of the annual
radiocesium flux from inland to coastal ocean region in 2011. Results show
that rain events are one factor contributing to the transport and dispersion
of radiocesium in river watersheds and coastal marine environments.</p>
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