Measuring the radium quartet (228Ra, 226Ra, 224Ra, 223Ra) in seawater samples using gamma spectrometry

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 521-529

  van Beek, P ^a   Souhaut, M ^a   Reyss, J L ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; RaDeCC; Radium isotopes; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE METHOD; AMAZON RIVER; DELAYED COINCIDENCE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MIXING PROCESS; RADECC; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SEAWATER SAMPLES; STANDARD SAMPLES; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; WATER MASS; WATER SAMPLES;

COINCIDENCE CIRCUITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY;

RADIUM;

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 223; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISCHARGE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIXING; PLUME; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; WATER MASS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; FRENCH GUIANA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RADIUM; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AMAZON RIVER; BOUCHES DU RHONE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VACCARES LAGOON;

EID: 77952718773     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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