Introduction to properties, sources and characteristics of soil radionuclides

Geochemistry of Soil Radionuclides

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-20

  Zhang, Peng Chu ^a   Krumhansl, James L ^a   Brady, Patrick V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical characteristics; Chemical properties; Environmental impact; Military application; Nuclear power supply application; Physical characteristics; Radioactivity; Radionuclide sources; Soil radionuclides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103039647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub59.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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