Radon-222 and related activities in surface waters of the English Lake District

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1137-1143

  Al Masri, M S ^a   Blackburn, R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LAKES; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SEDIMENTS; TURBULENCE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

FAULTING;

RADON;

LAKE WATER; RADON 222; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENGLAND; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0032946359     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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