Uranium series disequilibria in ground waters from a fractured bedrock aquifer (Morungaba Granitoids-Southern Brazil): Implications to the hydrochemical behavior of dissolved U and Ra

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1531-1542

  Reyes, Erika ^a   Marques, Leila S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Fractured aquifers; Gamma ray spectrometry; Ground waters; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; GROUNDWATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; FRACTURED AQUIFERS; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; GRANITOIDS; GROUND WATERS; HYDROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; RADIUM;

DISSOLUTION;

GROUND WATER; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SPECTROMETRY; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 48849113304     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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