Gamma radioactivity in podzolic soils of northern Ontario, Canada

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-64

  VandenBygaart, A J ^a   Protz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032890421     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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