Measurement of 224Ra:228Th disequilibrium in coastal sediments using a delayed coincidence counter

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Cai, Pinghe ^a   Shi, Xiangming ^a   Moore, Willard S ^b   Dai, Minhan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

224Ra:228Th disequilibrium; Coastal sediments; GEOTRACES; RaDeCC system

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADON ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84862629766     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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