Analysis of radiocaesium in the Lebanese soil one decade after the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-79

  El Samad, O ^a   Zahraman, K ^a   Baydoun, R ^a   Nasreddine, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

137Cs; Activity concentration; Chernobyl accident; Lebanon; Soil

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DETECTORS; DOSIMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SAMPLING; SOILS;

137CS; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENTS; LEBANON;

CESIUM;

CESIUM;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATED LAND; DATA SET; FALLOUT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EVALUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LEBANON; MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LEBANON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33845301132     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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