Radioactivity levels of recent sediments in the Butrint Lagoon and the adjacent coast of Albania

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-453

  Tsabaris, C ^a   Eleftheriou, G ^b   Kapsimalis, V ^a   Anagnostou, C ^a   Vlastou, R ^b   Durmishi, C ^c   Kedhi, M ^d   Kalfas, C A ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Albanian Geological Survey   (Albania)

^d Institute of Nuclear Physics   (Albania)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

spectrometry; Butrint Lagoon; Coastal sediments; Radioactivity measurements

Indexed keywords

BUTRINT LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

COASTAL ZONES; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACTINIUM; ACTINIUM 228; BISMUTH 212; CESIUM 137; LEAD 212; LEAD 214; POTASSIUM 40; RADON 226; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; DIRECT COUNTING GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; DRY WEIGHT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRAIN; LAGOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALBANIA; BACKGROUND RADIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33846697005     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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