Evaluation of natural radioactivity in soil, sediment and water samples of Niger Delta (Biseni) flood plain lakes, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 667-671

  Agbalagba, E O ^a   Onoja, R A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Flood plain lakes; Natural radioactivity; Niger delta; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; ACTIVITY LEVELS; ACTIVITY PROFILE; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXTERNAL DOSE; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; FLOOD PLAIN LAKES; FLOOD PLAINS; HAZARD INDICES; INDUSTRIAL USE; INTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; MEAN VALUES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; RADIOLOGICAL SOURCES; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; STUDY AREAS; WATER SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANIUM; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LAKES; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

GERMANIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RADON; THORIUM 232; WATER;

DETECTION METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; GERMANIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE RATE; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; LAKE SEDIMENT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NIGERIA; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SOIL;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NIGERIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SOIL; THORIUM;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 79955960146     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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