Spatial and seasonal trends of natural radioactivity and heavy metals in river waters of Epirus, Macedonia and Thessalia

Desalination

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 250-260

  Karamanis, D ^a   Stamoulis, K ^a   Ioannides, K ^a   Patiris, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Correlation; Heavy metals; Radionuclides; Radium; River waters

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAVY METALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAVY METALS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

COAL MINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ALIAKMON RIVER; EPIRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALY;

EID: 38849109946     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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