Natural radioactivity in virgin soils and soils
from some areas with closed uranium
mining facilities in Bulgaria

• Authors: Ivanka I. Yordanova , Martin D. Banov , Lidia G. Misheva , Donka N. Staneva , Tsvetanka K. Bineva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

natural radioactivity; gamma-spectrometry; alpha-spectrometry; soil; uranium; radium

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1

Dates

accepted

10 - 7 - 2014

online

23 - 12 - 2014

received

28 - 2 - 2014

Contributors

author

Ivanka I. Yordanova

• Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant
  Protection “N.Poushkarov”, Shousse Bankya Str.,1080 Sofia,
  Bulgaria

author

Martin D. Banov

• Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant
  Protection “N.Poushkarov”, Shousse Bankya Str.,1080 Sofia,
  Bulgaria

author

Lidia G. Misheva

• Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant
  Protection “N.Poushkarov”, Shousse Bankya Str.,1080 Sofia,
  Bulgaria

author

Donka N. Staneva

• Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant
  Protection “N.Poushkarov”, Shousse Bankya Str.,1080 Sofia,
  Bulgaria

author

Tsvetanka K. Bineva

• Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant
  Protection “N.Poushkarov”, Shousse Bankya Str.,1080 Sofia,
  Bulgaria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/chem-2015-0065