The natural radioactivity in Guarani aquifer groundwater, Brazil

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1507-1522

  Bonotto, D M ^a   Bueno, T O ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drinking water quality; Gross alpha; Gross beta; Guarani aquifer; Natural dissolved radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; BETA RADIOACTIVITY; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; GROSS ALPHA; GROSS BETA; GUARANI AQUIFER; NATURAL DISSOLVED RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD 210; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RADON 222; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRAZIL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BRAZIL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 48849097785     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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