Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Soils Laboratory at Beltsville, Maryland, monitored soils and plants from 1957 to 1962 in ten states for strontium-90 but did no system-atic monitoring of fallout from specific tests. The U.S. Sedimentation Laboratory at Oxford, Mississippi, and the Water Quality and Watershed Research Laboratory at Durant, Oklahoma, have determined cesium-137 concen-trations in soils and sediments from various U.S. locations since 1962 for the purpose of estimating soil movement resulting from wind and water erosion. The results have been summarized and published regularly in open literature. Anyone desiring specific information on Agricultural Research Service records may contact the person named below.
DESCRIPTION
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TOTAL SIZE (FEET)
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POTENTIALLY RELEVANT (FEET)
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HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
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VALUE
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| Agricultural Research Service strontium-90 and cesium-137 measurements |
Unknown |
2 |
Unclassified |
Peripheral |
CONTACT
Dr. Ronald G. Menzel, Soil Scientist
U.S. Water Quality and Watershed Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 1430
Durant, OK 74702
(405) 924-5066
  
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