In recent years, radium has attracted considerable attention primarily because of the rapid
increase in unconventional (fracking) drilling technology in the United States and around the …

The most used international reference material for neodymium isotope ratios is the JNdi-1
standard. The literature reference values were determined using Thermal Ionization Mass …

Elevated concentration of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in wastewater
generated from Marcellus Shale gas extraction is of great concern due to potential …

A 2m-thick spheroidal weathering profile, developed on a quartz diorite in the Rio Icacos
watershed (Luquillo Mountains, eastern Puerto Rico), was analyzed for major and trace …

The Uranium-Thorium (U/Th) series dating method, developed 50 years ago, has proven its
usefulness and reliability for the dating of marine (corals) and continental (speleothems) …

Radium isotopes are widely used in marine studies (eg. to trace water masses, to quantify
mixing processes or to study submarine groundwater discharge). While 228Ra and 226Ra …

For several decades, phosphate ores containing 226Ra as well as several trace metals
have been processed in Belgium to produce calcium phosphate for use in cattle food. The …

A new rapid protocol for 226 Ra separation and preconcentration in natural water samples
was developed before its determination by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry …

The impact of mineralogical sorting on U-Th-Ra variations observed for the Ganga
sediments in the Himalayan alluvial plain due to transport and deposition processes …

This study examines the depositional and pedogenic processes observed in reaches
affected by periodic flooding in river basins of southern Québec and presents a …