Spatial distribution of uranium and thorium in the surface soil around proposed uranium mining site at Lambapur and its vertical profile in the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 831-834

  Sartandel, S J ^a   Jha, S K ^a   Bara, S V ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Sediment; Soil; U Th ratio

Indexed keywords

ANDHRA PRADESH; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RIVER INPUT; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SURFACE SOIL; TOXIC ELEMENTS; U/TH RATIO; URANIUM MINING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORE SAMPLES; DAMS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; LEAD; MINING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CHROMIUM; LEAD; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

CHROMIUM; MINING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL; URANIUM MINE;

INDIA; KINETICS; MINING; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68949170810     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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