Chernobyl data paper

A data paper entitled Post Chernobyl surveys of radiocaesium in soil, vegetation, wildlife and fungi in Great Britain has been published online as a discussion paper on Earth System Science Data (The Data Publishing Journal).

The paper enables data collected by the Natural Environment Research Council after the Chernobyl accident to be made publicly available. Data comprise radiocaesium concentrations in soil, vegetation, wildlife and fungi analysed from samples collected from throughout Great Britain in May 1986, October 1986 and Spring 1987. More intensive surveys of vegetation (grass and heather) and wildlife (grouse, fox, etc.) in restricted areas were carried out in Cumbria, Wales and North Yorkshire in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993. Surveys of fungi were carried out between 1994 and 1997.

For full access to the paper and links to the data, navigate to http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/7/693/2014/essdd-7-693-2014.html

Citation: Chaplow, J. S., Beresford, N. A., and Barnett, C. L.: Post Chernobyl surveys of radiocaesium in soil, vegetation, wildlife and fungi in Great Britain, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., 7, 693-711, doi:10.5194/essdd-7-693-2014, 2014.

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