Radium and radon content in the carbonate-rock aquifer of the southern Italian region of Apulia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-505

  Spizzico, Michele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonate karst aquifer; Hydrogeology; Radium; Radon; Terra Rossa

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RADIUM; RADON;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21244483074     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0380-y     Document Type: Article

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