Concentration of 226Ra in rocks of the southern part of Lower Silesia (SW Poland)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-191

  Przylibski, Tadeusz Andrzej ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gneiss; Granite; Igneous rock; Metamorphic rock; Mica schist; Radium; Sedimentary rock; Sudety Mountains

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIUM; ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ELEMENT; ISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM; RADIUM; RADON;

IGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MEASUREMENT; MINERALIZATION; POLAND; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCK; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER SILESIA; POLAND; SILESIA; SUDETES;

MICA;

GEOLOGY; MAPS; POLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM; RADON;

EID: 2542596934     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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