Natural radionuclides in groundwater as pollutants and as useful tracers

Water-Rock Interaction - Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-12

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 735-738

  Gainon, F ^a   Surbeck, H ^a   Zwahlen, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA EMITTERS; ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION PROBLEM; DOSE RATE; HEALTH IMPACT; MIXING PROCESS; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL TRACERS; PREPARATION METHOD; RADIOCHEMICAL METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; AQUIFERS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 69149103731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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