Vegetation induced distinctions between radionuclide distribution in soils (Austria).

In 2019 and 2020, the layers - down to a maximum depth of 30 cm - of 43 soil samples from different regions in Austria were measured gamma-spectrometrically to determine their activity concentration (in Bq/kg and Bq/m³) of Th, Pb, Bi, Pb, Ac and K. Cs activity concentration (in Bq/m³) will be found in the supplementary data file only. A basic statistical analysis was carried out and explained variances for distinctions primarily between meadows and forests.

Altitude dependent 137Cs concentrations in different plant species in alpine agricultural areas.

The Gastein valley in the Central Part of the Austrian Alps was one of the regions most heavily affected by fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, depositing (137)Cs inventory up to 70 kBq/m(2) in May 1986. In many studies dealing with the uptake of (137)Cs by vegetation used for farming, a significant correlation between (137)Cs concentration in the plants and altitude a.s.