Thorium accumulation in the sedimentary environment of the Vigo Ria (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1631-1635

  Marmolejo Rodríguez, Ana J ^a,b   Caetano, Miguel ^c   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Vale, Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Galicia; NW Spain; Ria; Sediment; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THORIUM;

GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NW SPAIN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REFERENCE MATERIAL; RIA; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS;

SEDIMENTATION;

CALCIUM; IRON; SCANDIUM; THORIUM;

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GNEISS; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOACTIVITY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CORE; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAWATER; SPAIN; THORIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 50049084626     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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