Radioactive impact in sediments from an estuarine system affected by industrial wastes releases

Environment International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 639-645

  Bolívar, Juan Pedro ^a   García Tenorio, Rafael ^b   Mas, José Luis ^a   Vaca, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination pathways; Estuary; Gamma spectrometry; Natural radioactivity; Phosphogypsum; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

PARTICULATE MATERIALS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

CESIUM 137; FERTILIZER; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THALLIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

DISSOLUTION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TIDE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ODIEL-TINTO ESTUARY; SPAIN;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 0036207808     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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