Distribution and characterization of minerals and naturally occurring radionuclides in river sediments

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Ramasamy, Venkidasamy ^a   Suresh, Govindasamy ^a   Meenakshisundaram, Venkatasubramanian ^b   Ponnusamy, Velladurai ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

FTIR; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Minerals; Radioactivity; River sediments

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 77957798210     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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