Heat production rate from radioactive elements in igneous and metamorphic rocks in Eastern Desert, Egypt

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-137

  Abbady, Adel G E ^a   El Arabi, A M ^a   Abbady, A ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heat producing; Radioactivity; Rocks

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GRANITE; HEAT CONDUCTION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

HEAT-PRODUCING; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LOW LEVEL GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETER (HPGE); METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BASALT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRANITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCK; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 27644486292     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.05.054     Document Type: Article

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