Uranium/thorium isotope evidence for ground-water history in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 343-357

  Dabous, Adel A ^a   Osmond, J K ^a   Dawood, Yehia H ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desert; Disequilibrium; Egypt; Ground water; Pluvial; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DISEQUILIBRIUM; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 0036464267     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0861     Document Type: Article

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