Concentration of radiocaesium 137Cs and 134Cs in sediments of the Malaysian marine environment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1389-1395

  Yii, M W ^a   Zaharudin, A ^a   Norfaizal, M ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caesium; Gamma ray spectrometry; Malaysian marine sediments

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; SEDIMENTS;

HIGH PURITY GERMANIUMS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MULTICHANNEL ANALYZERS; RADIOCAESIUM;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MALAYSIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT;

EID: 35648976556     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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