Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-399-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-399-2021
Original research article
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08 Jul 2021
Original research article |  | 08 Jul 2021

Assessing soil redistribution of forest and cropland sites in wet tropical Africa using 239+240Pu fallout radionuclides

Florian Wilken, Peter Fiener, Michael Ketterer, Katrin Meusburger, Daniel Iragi Muhindo, Kristof van Oost, and Sebastian Doetterl

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This study demonstrates the usability of fallout radionuclides 239Pu and 240Pu as a tool to assess soil degradation processes in tropical Africa, which is particularly valuable in regions with limited infrastructure and challenging monitoring conditions for landscape-scale soil degradation monitoring. The study shows no indication of soil redistribution in forest sites but substantial soil redistribution in cropland (sedimentation >40 cm in 55 years) with high variability.