Measurement of natural radioactivity in marble found in Pakistan using a NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectrometer

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-265

  Iqbal, Muhammad ^a   Tufail, Muhammad ^a   Mirza, Sikander M ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hazard; Marble; Pakistan; Potassium 40; Radioactivity; Radium; Radon; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PAKISTAN; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034107466     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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