Using rare earth element tracers and neutron activation analysis to study rill erosion process

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 402-408

  Li, Mian ^a   Li, Zhan Bin ^b,c   Ding, Weng Feng ^d   Liu, Pu Ling ^c   Yao, Wen Yi ^a  

^a YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^d YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Neutron activation analysis (NAA); Rare earth element (REE); Rill erosion; Scouring experiments

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; EROSION; NEUTRONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOILS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (NAA); RILL EROSION; SCOURING EXPERIMENTS;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

LANTHANIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METALS, RARE EARTH; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 29144476728     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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