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At present, more than 20 long-lived radioisotopes of heavy elements are known to exist in the Earth’s crust. These are evidence of the gigantic processes which resulted in the formation of chemical elements in our galaxy. The main characteristics of these elements are shown in Table 16.1.
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Ferronsky, V.I., Polyakov, V.A. (2012). Production and Distribution of Radiogenic Isotopes. In: Isotopes of the Earth's Hydrosphere. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2856-1_16
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