Radium contamination in the Nizzana-1 water well, Negev Desert, Israel

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-273

  Minster, T ^a   Ilani, S ^a   Kronfeld, J ^b   Even, O ^c   Godfrey Smith, D I ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Negev Desert; Oil shales; Radium; Radon; U series disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER WELLS;

BITUMINOUS CHALKS;

RADIUM;

GROUND WATER; RADIUM; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

SCOPUS;

EID: 0242468743     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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