Comparison of point estimation techniques in the spatial analysis of radium-226, radium-228 and potassium-40 in soil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-209

  Dowdall, Mark ^a   O'Dea, John ^a  

^a Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Estimation; Geostatistics; Interpolation; Radionuclides; Soil

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; STATISTICS;

GEOSTATISTICS; POINT ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0033517869     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006141008027     Document Type: Article

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