Radon emanation study of uranium ore samples from n. E. Nigeria

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-869

  Funtua, I I ^a   Onojah, A ^b   Jonah, S A ^a   Jimba, B W ^a   Umar, I M ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADON; URANATE MINERALS;

RADON EMANATION; RHYOLITES;

URANIUM;

RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NIGERIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031172166     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00276-X     Document Type: Article

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