Gross alpha and beta radioactivity concentration in water, soil and sediment of the Bendimahi River and Van Lake (Turkey)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Selçuk Zorer, Özlem ^a   Ceylan, Hasan ^a   Doğru, Mahmut ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gross alpha; Gross beta; Natural radioactivity; Sediment; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; LAKES; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER;

BETA RADIOACTIVITY; GROSS ALPHA; GROSS BETA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER WATER; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL SAMPLE; WATER SAMPLES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE WATER; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS FLOW; LAKE SEDIMENT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BENDIMAHI RIVER; EURASIA; LAKE VAN; TURKEY; VAN;

EID: 58049140259     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0137-x     Document Type: Article

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