Radiometric fingerprinting of fluvial sediments in the Rhine-Meuse delta, the Netherlands - A feasibility test

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-240

  Hebinck, K ^a   Middelkoop, H ^a   van Diepen, N ^a   van der Graaf, E R ^b   de Meijer, R J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediments; Natural radioactivity; Radiometric fingerpringting; Rhine Meuse delta; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; PROVENANCE; RADIOACTIVITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36048971012     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600077829     Document Type: Article

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