Natural radioactivity levels in granitic plutons and groundwaters in Southeast part of Eskisehir, Turkey

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-275

  Orgun Y ^a   Altinsoy, N ^a   Gultekin A H ^a   Karahan, G ^b   Celebi N ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eskisehir; Gamma dose; Granitic pluton; Gross alfa and gross beta; Groundwaters; Natural radioactivity; Radium equivalent activity; U and Th content

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCKS;

GRANITIC COMPOSITION; GRANITIC PLUTONS; MAGMATIC ROCKS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRANITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 20444485386     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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