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Atoms, Nuclides, and Radionuclides

- Radiation sources

-Radiation interactions

-Counting Statistics

Geochemistry of Radiogenic Isotopes

- Mixing Theory

-Origin of Igneous Rock

-Water and Sediment

-The Oceans

Thermonuclear Radionuclides

- Fission Products of Transuranium Elements

-90Sr in the Environment

-137Cs in the Environment

-The 90Sr/137Cs, 239,240Pu, and 241Am in the Arctic Ocean

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 40Ar/39Ar Method

-The Sm-Nd Method

-The U-Pb, Th-Pb, and Pb-Pb Methods

-The 14C Method

-The 3H/3He Method

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