Uncertainties associated with 223Ra and 224Ra measurements in water via a Delayed Coincidence Counter (RaDeCC)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 198-219

  Garcia Solsona, E ^a,b   Garcia Orellana, J ^a,b   Masque P ^a,b   Dulaiova, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ra 223; Ra 224; Radium Delayed Coincidence Counting; Submarine groundwater discharge; Uncertainties propagation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049122070     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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