Natural radioactivity levels (K, Th, U and Rn) in the Cecita Lake area (Sila Massif, Calabria, Southern Italy): An attempt to discover correlations with soil features on a statistical base

Geoderma

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 145-156

  Buccianti, A ^a   Apollaro, C ^b   Bloise, A ^b   De Rosa, R ^b   Falcone, G ^b   Scarciglia, F ^b   Tallarico, A ^b   Vecchio, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compositional data analysis; Natural radioactivity; Soil features; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; APRIORI; CHEMICAL FEATURES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; COMPOSITIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LAKE AREAS; MINERAL COLLOIDS; MIXED EFFECTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; ORGANIC MATTER; ROCK COMPOSITION; SAMPLE SPACE; SOIL GAS; SOIL GROUPS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TAXONOMY; SOIL TYPES; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPATIAL POSITIONS; TETRAVALENT ACTINIDES; UNIT GROUP; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES; WASHINGTON; WATER INFILTRATION;

ACTINIDES; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; IRON RESEARCH; LAKES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BASIN; LAKE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SILA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650544205     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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