Evaluation of 137Cs Redistribution in Floodplain Sediments of the Upa River (Tula Oblast) After the Chernobyl Accident
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620010082
Abstract
Variations of <sup>137</sup>Cs content in suspended sediments during flood periods along the river valley bottom and in time since 1986 are revealed based on the analysis in low floodplain deposits and hydrological regime of the Upa River in the river reach between place of the Plava River confluence and the Upa river mouth. It is established that for the period 1986–2014 years there was a decrease in the proportion of sediment and sediment-associated <sup>137</sup>Cs of basin origin in the river sediment yield, especially noticeable after 2006. Reduction the <sup>137</sup>Cs content in floodplain sediments along the Upa river on the reach from the confluence with the river Plava, which are drained the most radioactively contaminated part of the river Upa basin, and up to the mouth is synchronically change with river water discharge as the catchment area increases. Contemporary <sup>137</sup>Cs inventory in sediments of the low floodplain of the Upa river exceed the initial levels of its contamination after the initial fallout of Chernobyl-derived <sup>137</sup>Cs. The increase of inventory is associated with the accumulation of contaminated sediments at a rate of 1.5–2.7 cm/yr. during floods.
About the Authors
V. N. Golosov
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography,
Institute of Geography RAS,
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
Kazan
L. V. Kuksina
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
M. M. Ivanov
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography,
Institute of Geography RAS
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
N. L. Frolova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
N. N. Ivanova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
V. R. Belyaev
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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- Contribution of basin flux to the sediment yield of the Upa River was decreasing over 1986–2014.
- Sedimentation rates for period 1986–2010 on the Upa River floodplain are 1.5–2.7 cm/year.
- Intensive accumulation leads to an increase in 137Cs inventory and overlapping of the Chernobyl peak.
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Golosov V.N., Kuksina L.V., Ivanov M.M., Frolova N.L., Ivanova N.N., Belyaev V.R. Evaluation of 137Cs Redistribution in Floodplain Sediments of the Upa River (Tula Oblast) After the Chernobyl Accident. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2020;(1):114-126. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620010082
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