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- Title
Beta Radiation Damage to Vegetation From Close-In Fallout From Two Nuclear Detonations.
- Authors
Rhoads, William A.; Platt, Robert B.
- Abstract
The article reports on field experiments performed in the Nevada Test Site and its connection to nuclear detonation and its damage to vegetation which is imputed to beta radiation. The Palanquin detonation was succeeded 13 months later by a study which revealed that the pattern of damaged Artemisia shrubs were closely related to the beta and gamma radiation, which followed the fallout patterns of the detonation. The hypothesis about radiation damage was tested 19 months later with the Cabriolet detonation, which showed Artemisia shrub damage along the fallout patterns, where high doses of beta and gamma radiation were measured using dosimetry. The authors were able to determine that due to its large doses, the beta radiation is primarily responsible for the vegetation damage.
- Subjects
NEVADA; EFFECT of radiation on plants; RADIOACTIVE fallout; RADIATION; ARTEMISIA; PHOTOGRAPHIC dosimetry; NUCLEAR explosions; VEHICLES; NEVADA National Security Site (Nev.)
- Publication
BioScience, 1971, Vol 21, Issue 22, p1121
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1296097