Radioactive disequilibrium of uranium and thorium nuclide series in river waters from the Ta-Tun volcanic group area in Taiwan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1149-1155

  Tieh Chi, Chu ^a   Wang, Jeng Jong ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Radiation Monitoring Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PH EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; RIVERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

RADIOACTIVE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

RADIOISOTOPES;

THORIUM DERIVATIVE; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RIVER; TAIWAN; VOLCANO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0343581212     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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