Distribution and environmental impacts of metals and natural radionuclides in marine sediments in-front of different wadies mouth along the Egyptian Red Sea Coast

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 550-558

  El Taher, A ^a   Madkour, H A ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Marine sediments; Natural radionuclides; Red sea

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BASE LINE; EGYPT; EGYPTIANS; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; RED SEA; RED SEA COAST; REFERENCE LEVELS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL;

ARID REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 78650308511     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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