IRRIGATION/LEACHING EXPERIMENT- BIKINI ISLAND
Premise:
Irrigation with sea water will remove ~37Cs from the soil column and
root zone of the plants into the groundwater.
Conditions:
Active root zone removed.
Thus, in the initial experiment
(Phase 1) the trees were cleared from the 1 hectare
acre) test plot.
Short
Irrigation:
Short Irrigation:
Started
- June
1982 (4 days)
Continued - December 1982 (8 days)
February
1983 (9 days)
May 1983 (7 days)
December
Long Irrigation:
1983 (14 days)
Started - February 1984
Stopped - April 1984 (44 days)
Coconut and pandanus
trees planted - May and August 1984.
Other food crops planted - February, May, and July 1985.
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