Natural radionuclides (NORM) in a Moroccan river affected by former conventional metal mining activities

The main aim of this work was to determine the levels of multiple natural radionuclides in an aquatic system (Moulouya river, Morocco) impacted by multiple abandoned Zinc and Lead mines. 238U, 234U, 232Th, 230Th and 210Po were determined by alpha-particle spectrometry in water and sediment samples c...

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Main Authors: Guillermo Manjón, Juan Mantero, Ignacio Vioque, Inmaculada Díaz-Francés, José Antonio Galván, Said Chakiri, Abdelmajid Choukri, Rafael García-Tenorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Central Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa) 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Sustainable Mining
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2300396018301927