fallout deposition

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• fallout — /fawl owt /, n. 1. the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., esp. such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout). Cf. rainout. 2. the… …   Universalium

• acid deposition — the addition of acidic material to the ground or water, usually from sulphur and nitrogen compounds emitted by factories and deposited far from this source. Wet deposition is also called acid rain, q.v., and is the result of rain, snow or fog… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• dry deposition — a form of acid deposition (the addition of acidic material to the ground or water, usually from sulphur and nitrogen compounds emitted by factories and deposited far from this source, resulting from particle fallout or acidic gases. Wet… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• radioactive fallout —       the deposition of radioactive materials on the Earth from the atmosphere. See fallout. * * * …   Universalium

• radioactive fallout — noun material settling from a radioactive plume, and its subsequent surface deposition …   Wiktionary

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• Chernobyl disaster effects — The Chernobyl disaster triggered the release of substantial amounts of radiation into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes. It is the most significant unintentional release of radiation into the environment to… …   Wikipedia