Comparative study of the natural radioactivity of some selected rocks from Egypt and Germany

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Ahmed, N K ^a   Abbady, A ^a   El Arabi, A M ^a   Michel, R ^b   El Kamel, A H ^c   Abbady, A G E ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Igneous; Metamorphic rock; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745054347     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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