Uptake rates of thorium progeny in a semiarid environment

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1759-1763

  McClellan, Yvonne ^a   August, Robert ^b   Gosz, James ^c   Gann, Steve ^d   Parmenter, Robert ^c   Nelson, Martin ^e   Harper, Mark ^e  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d NRL S and T Reserve Unit   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE;

THORIUM;

ACTINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOOD CHAIN; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PROGENY; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

EID: 0141432240     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.1759     Document Type: Article

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