Natural radionuclides as tracers of the dispersal of dredge spoil dumped at sea

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-239

  Venema, L B ^a   De Meijer, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dredge spoil monitoring; Gamma radiation; Natural radioactivity; Sea floor sediment characterisation; Sediment transport; Synoptical measurements

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

RADIOMETRIC FINGERPRINTS;

DREDGES;

ACTINIUM; ACTINIUM 228; BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; LEAD; LEAD 212; LEAD 214; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 222; THALLIUM; THALLIUM 208; THORIUM 232; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

DISPERSION; DREDGE SPOIL; MONITORING TECHNIQUE; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACER;

DISPERSION; DREDGE SPOIL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DREDGING; DUMPING; GAMMA RADIATION; NETHERLANDS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SEA; SEDIMENT; TIME;

DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0035005797     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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