Distribution of uranium and thorium in sediments and plants from a granitic fluvial area

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1137-1143

  Vargas, M Jurado ^a   Tome, F Vera ^a   Sánchez, A MartíN ^a   Vázquez, M T Crespo ^b   Murillo, J L Gascón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; LEACHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SILICON; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

GRANITIC FLUVIAL REGION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

NUCLEAR FUEL; RAIN; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0031213520     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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