Distribution of anthropogenic radionuclides in Moroccan coastal waters and sediments

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 148-155

  Benmansour, M ^a   Laissaoui, A ^a   Benbrahim, S ^b   Ibn Majah, M ^a   Chafik, A ^b   Povinec, P P ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^b Institut National de Recherche Halieutique   (Morocco)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Morocco; Radionuclides; Seawater; Sediment; Sedimentation rate; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956964410     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08009-5     Document Type: Review

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