Radioactive impact in sediments from an estuarine system affected by industrial wastes releases

Abstract A big fertilizer industrial complex and a vast extension of phosphogypsum piles (12 km2), sited in the estuary formed by the Odiel and Tinto river mouths (southwest of Spain), are producing an unambiguous radioactive impact in their surrounding aquatic environment through radionuclides from the U-series. The levels and distribution of radionuclides in sediments from Read more about Radioactive impact in sediments from an estuarine system affected by industrial wastes releases[…]