Location, identification, and size distribution of depleted uranium grains in reservoir sediments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Lo, D ^a   Fleischer, R L ^a   Albert, E A ^b   Arnason, J G ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium particles

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SUNBURSTS; URANIUM GRAINS;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ETCHING; NEUTRONS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

RADIOACTIVITY;

URANIUM; URANIUM 235;

RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; FISSION NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 33746361191     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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