238U, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs activity concentrations along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, Iran

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 658-662

  Abdi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Hassanzadeh, Smaeyl ^a   Kamali, Mehdi ^a   Raji, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Caspian Sea; Cs 137; K 40; Th 232; U 238

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CASPIAN SEA; CS-137; K-40; TH-232; U-238;

CESIUM; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

ELEMENTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 65049091159     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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