Mapping the radon potential of the united states: Examples from the Appalachians

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Gundersen, Linda C S ^a   Schumann, R Randall ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PUBLIC RISKS; RADON; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

BEDROCK GEOLOGY;

DOSIMETRY;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0030790627     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00190-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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