Quest for a nuclear georeactor

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 769-774

  De Meijer, R J ^a   Van Der Graaf, E R ^a   Jungmann, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; METEORITES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PLANETS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

NUCLEAR GEOREACTORS; SEISMIC DATA;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

INERT GAS; RADIOISOTOPE;

ASTRONOMY; ATOMIC BOMB; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARTHQUAKE; EXPLOSION; GEOLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VOLCANO;

EID: 4344649802     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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