Direct recoil radon emanation from crystalline phases. Influence of moisture content

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2735-2744

  Barillon, Rémi ^a   Özgümüs, Ahmet ^b   Chambaudet, Alain ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Microanalyses Nucleaires   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINE WASTE; MOISTURE; RADON; TAILINGS; URANIUM;

EID: 20344383481     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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