Ra and Th adsorption coefficients in lakes-Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) "natural experiment"

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3446-3459

  Lazar, Boaz ^a   Weinstein, Yishai ^b   Paytan, Adina ^c   Magal, Einat ^d   Bruce, Debbie ^a   Kolodny, Yehoshua ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; THORIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 45849143624     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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