A simple and rapid method to locate fault traces by measurements of 214Bi in soils

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-347

  Labrecque, J J ^a   Melo, L ^b   Cordoves, P R ^a   Urbani, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH 214; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; VENEZUELA;

EID: 3543041835     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JRNC.0000034869.85686.49     Document Type: Article

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