Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.

<p><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"> <p align="left">Natural radioactivity studies have been carried out to study the textural characteristics, heavy mineral composition, provenance, sediment transport, and depositional environment of beach placer deposits. The na...

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Main Author:	Mbatha, Nkanyiso Bongumusa.
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Natural radioactivity Gamma-ray spectrometry Radionuclides Provenance investigation Beach sand Uranium fixation West Coast Activity concentration Grain-size Heavy minerals.
Online Access:	http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2486_1263165629

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topic	Natural radioactivity Gamma-ray spectrometry Radionuclides Provenance investigation Beach sand Uranium fixation West Coast Activity concentration Grain-size Heavy minerals.
spellingShingle	Natural radioactivity Gamma-ray spectrometry Radionuclides Provenance investigation Beach sand Uranium fixation West Coast Activity concentration Grain-size Heavy minerals. Mbatha, Nkanyiso Bongumusa. Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
description	<p><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT"> <p align="left">Natural radioactivity studies have been carried out to study the textural characteristics, heavy mineral composition, provenance, sediment transport, and depositional environment of beach placer deposits. The naturally occurring radionuclides such as properties of beach sands, which reflect the geological characteristics such as transport and sorting processes and the depositional environment. The present work focuses on the radiometric characteristics of beach sand deposits along the west coastof South Africa. Beach sands samples were collected at the Melkbosstrand (MBS) and Ouskip (OSK) beach. The activity concentrations of these radionuclides were determined by high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry using a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector in a low-background configuration.</p> </font></p>
author	Mbatha, Nkanyiso Bongumusa.
author_facet	Mbatha, Nkanyiso Bongumusa.
author_sort	Mbatha, Nkanyiso Bongumusa.
title	Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
title_short	Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
title_full	Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
title_fullStr	Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
title_full_unstemmed	Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
title_sort	radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the coast of western cape province, south africa.
publishDate	2007
url	http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2486_1263165629
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Radiometric study of beach sand deposits along the Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa.

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