Determination of thorium, uranium and potassium elemental concentrations in surface soils in Cyprus

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-338

  Tzortzis, Michalis ^a   Tsertos, Haralabos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Elemental concentration; Gamma radiation; HPGe detector; Natural radioactivity; Ophiolite; Potassium; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LITHOLOGY; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE SOILS;

SOILS;

POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYPRUS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL;

CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 4644368790     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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