Spatial and vertical distributions of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and cesium fractionation in sediments of the Var river and its tributaries (southeast France)

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-32

  Alabdullah, Jamal ^b   Michel, Hervé ^a   Barci, Vittorio ^a   Féraud, Gilbert ^a   Barci Funel, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity; Radionuclide speciation; Sediment; Sequential extraction; Var river

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885174375     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-013-2491-1     Document Type: Article

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