Investigation of fault position and sources of radon by measurement of 238U decay series radionuclide activity in soil samples

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Clamp, G E ^a   Pritchard, J ^b  

^a West Orchard House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fault location; Radon; Soil analysis; ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FAULT POSITION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031903212     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006525800379     Document Type: Article

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