Transfer of natural radionuclides from soils to plants in a wet Marshland

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1103-1108

  Martinez Aguirre A ^a   Garcia Leon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SOILS; URANIUM;

NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA; SPARTINA MARITIMA; WET MARSHLAND;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLONIUM; RIVER WATER; URANIUM 238;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL;

EID: 0030249601     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00113-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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