Specific activity and hazards of granite samples collected from the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-327

  Arafa, Wafaa ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eastern Desert of Egypt; Natural radioactivity; Radon exhalation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS;

GRANITIC ROCK; PLUTONS;

GRANITE;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

GRANITE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRANITE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT; ROCK; SPECTROSCOPY;

DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 2942577628     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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