Uranium and other natural radionuclides in the sediments of a Mediterranean fjord-like embayment, Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea), Greece

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-54

  Papaefthymiou, H ^a   Athanasopoulos, D ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Iatrou, M ^a   Geraga, M ^a   Christodoulou, D ^a   Kordella, S ^a   Fakiris, E ^a   Tsikouras, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

ray spectrometry; Natural radioactivity; Phosphate fertilizers; Seasonal anoxic environment; Sequential extraction procedure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; EXCHANGEABLE FRACTION; GRANULOMETRIC FRACTION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; MANGANESE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROMETRY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

CESIUM 137; IRON; MANGANESE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SILICON DIOXIDE; SORBENT; THORIUM 232; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE BASIN; EXTRACTION; FERTILIZER; FJORD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; URANIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; MATERIAL COATING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINERALOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREECE; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM;

AMVRAKIKOS GULF; EPIRUS; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; LOUROS RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875637086     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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