Environmental 238U and 232Th concentration measurements in an area of high level natural background radiation at Palong, Johor, Malaysia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-304

  Ramli, A Termizi ^a   Hussein, A Wahab M A ^a   Wood, A Khalik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Environmental; Radiation; Soil; Thorium 232; Uranium 238

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BIORADIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; MALAYSIA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (NAA); WATER SAMPLES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRASS; MOSS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DETECTION; SOIL; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; MALAYSIA; POACEAE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JOHOR; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; ELAEIS; PASPALUM DILATATUM;

BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; MALAYSIA; POACEAE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 13844256237     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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