Investigation of the technological enhancement of natural decay series radionuclides by the manufacture of phosphates on the Cumbrian coast

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 53-66

  Keating, Gillian E ^a   McCartney, Martin ^b   Davidson, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; PHOSPHATE; POLONIUM; URANIUM 238;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HALF LIFE TIME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD -210; LEAD-210; POLONIUM -210; POLONIUM-210; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URANIUM -238; URANIUM-238;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, WHITEHAVEN;

EID: 0029776554     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00079-P     Document Type: Conference Paper

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