Environmental characterization and radio-ecological impacts of non-nuclear industries on the Red Sea coast

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-168

  El Mamoney, M H ^a   Khater, Ashraf E M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Natural radioactivity; Non nuclear industries; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; MARINE ENGINEERING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY;

OIL INDUSTRIES; RADIOECOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; LEAD 210; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COASTAL WATERS; DRY WEIGHT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROMETER;

EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUSTRY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 1542723312     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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