Estimate of the heavy mineral content in sand and its provenance by radiometric methods

R. J. De Meijer, H. M.E. Lesscher, R. D. Schuiling, M. E. Elburg

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Abstract

A comparison has been made of the traditional gravimetric method for measuring the heavy mineral mass fraction in sand with a method based on the emission of γ-rays from the uranium and thorium series by radiogenic heavy-minerals. The comparison reveals that beach sand along the Dutch coast may be divided into two provinces separated by the narrow ebb tidal channel of Texel. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)455-460
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Geophysics
Volume4
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Engineering
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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