Estimating soil radon concentration by kriging in the biggin area of derbyshire (UK)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 633-639

  Durrani, S A ^a   Khayrat, A H ^a   Oliver, M A ^b   Badr, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Kriging; Radon soil gas; Spatial dependence; Spatial variation; Variogram

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LITHOLOGY; RADON; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

GEOSTATISTICS; VARIOGRAMS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031343932     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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