Atmospheric radon levels and its emanation rate in the environment of Kaiga

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Somashekarappa, H M ^a   Narayana, Y ^a   Radhakrishna, A P ^a   Siddappa, K ^a   Joshi, V B ^b   Kholekar, R V ^b   Bhagwat, A M ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ESTIMATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SOILS;

ACCUMULATION CHAMBER; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADON LEVELS; EMANATION RATE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; KAIGA; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; SURFACE SOIL;

RADON;

EID: 0029735419     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(95)00292-8     Document Type: Article

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