Environmental terrestrial gamma radiation dose and its relationship with soil type and underlying geological formations in Pontian district, Malaysia

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Ramli, Ahmad Termizi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TERRESTRIAL GAMMA RADIATION DOSE;

GAMMA RAYS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOLOGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

EID: 0031106438     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00264-3     Document Type: Article

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