Elemental and gamma-ray surveys in the volcanic soils of Ischia Island, Italy

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-339

  Frattini, P ^a   De Vivo, B ^a   Lima, A ^a   Cicchella, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background; Baseline; Heavy metal; Natural radioactivity; Volcanic soils

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FRACTALS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; BACKGROUND; BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; BASELINE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; INVERSE DISTANCE-WEIGHTED INTERPOLATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; VOLCANIC SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; INTERPOLATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RESIDUAL SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISCHIA; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750890298     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/06-105     Document Type: Article

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