Aquatic Bryophytes as Indicators of Uranium Mineralization

Aquatic bryophytes growing in streams were used for biogeochemical prospecting for uranium in the Bullet Gorge area of New Zealand. Alpha radioactivity was found to bear an inverse relationship to the uranium content of many bryophytes. The concentration of this element in the bryophytes gave an app...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Bryologist. - The American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Inc., 1898. - 72(1969), 4, Seite 501-507
1. Verfasser: Whitehead, Neil E. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Brooks, Robert R.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1969
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Bryologist
Schlagworte:Physical sciences Biological sciences Applied sciences Business