Field γ-ray spectrometry on the Vulcano island (Aeolian Arc, Italy)

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-253

  Chiozzi, P ^a   De Felice, P ^b   Pasquale, V ^a   Russo, D ^a   Verdoya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity; Secular equilibrium; Tyrrhenian Sea; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAMMA RADIATION; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; ROCK; SPECTROMETRY; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 0032938031     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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