Radioactivity and distribution of U and Th in some granitic masses, Wadi El-Saqia Area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 775-778

  Abdel Monem, A A ^a   Hussein, H A ^a   Abdel Kader, Z M ^b   Abu Zied, H T ^b   Ammar, S E ^a  

^a NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ALKALI FELDSPAR GRANITES; EGYPT; EPIGENETIC ORIGIN; GRANITIC PLUTONS; HEMATITIZATION; SILICIFICATION;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

THORIUM; URANIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOLOGY;

EID: 0030152810     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-806X(95)00176-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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