Uranium series isotopes in the Avon Valley, Nova Scotia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-352

  Kronfeld, J ^a,b   Godfrey Smith, D I ^b   Johannessen, D ^b   Zentilli, M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha recoil; Groundwater; Leaching; Nova Scotia; Ra; Rn; U mineralization; U series disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

BEDROCKS; INORGANIC COMPLEXES;

RADIOACTIVITY;

FRESH WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER; MINERALIZATION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADON; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING;

ACIDITY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERALIZATION; ROCK; SEA; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; NOVA SCOTIA; RIVERS; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM; WATER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 1642364443     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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