Concentrations of 222Rn, 226Ra and 228Ra in surface sea water of the Bay of Bengal

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-300

  Ghose, Satyajit ^a   Alam, M N ^a   Islam, M N ^b  

^a Radioactivity Test Monitoring Lab   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Radium; Radon; Sea water

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

MARINE POLLUTION; RADIUM; RADON; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RIVER; SAMPLE;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0033990237     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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