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Atoms, Nuclides, and Radionuclides

- Radiation sources; Radiation interactions; Counting Statistics.


General Properties of Radiation Detectors

- Ionizing chambers; Proportional and Geiger-Mueller counters; Scintillation Detectors; Germanium Gamma-Ray Detectors.


Geochronometry

- The Rb-Sr Method; The K-Ar Method; The Ar-40/Ar-39 Method; The Sm-Nd Method; The U-Pb, Th-Pb, and Pb-Pb Methods; The C-14 Method; The H-3/He-3 Method.


Geochemistry of Radiogenic Isotopes

- Mixing Theory; Origin of Igneous Rock; Water and Sediment; The Oceans.


Thermonuclear Radionuclides

- Fission Products of Transuranium Elements; Sr-90 in the Environment; Cs-137 in the Environment; The Sr-90/Cs-137, Pu-239,240, and Am-241 in the Arctic Ocean.


Application of Tracer Technology to the Environment

- Atmospheric Transport Modeling; Groundwater dynamics; Nuclear non-proliferation.

Knoll G.F. - Radiation Detection and Measurement. John Wiley & Sons, 2010 - ISBN:9780470649725

Faure G. and Mensing T.M - Isotopes-Principles and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2004 - ISBN:9780471384373