Radioactive decay, also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity, is the process by which a nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting radiation. A material that spontaneously emits such radiation â which includes alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays and conversion electrons â is considered radioactive.
Best Answer: Four of the larger Australian deserts are the Great Victoria Desert, the Gibson Desert, the Tanami Desert and the Great Sandy Desert. That accounts for most of the west of the continent, nearly two-thirds. Name four states that would be included in at least one of the North American deserts.
Great Victoria Desert, wasteland, southern Australia. It lies in Western and South Australia, between the Gibson Desert on the north and the Nullarbor Plain on the south and extends eastward from Kalgoorlie almost to the Stuart Range. Much of its eastern end is occupied by the Central and North West Aboriginal reserves.