A geostatistical investigation of the spatial variation of radon in soil

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 939-957

  Oliver, M A ^a   Khayrat, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b TAIZ UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Kriging; Radon; Spatial variation; Survey; Variogram

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADON; SOILS;

DWELLINGS;

GEOPHYSICS;

GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; RADON; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035480451     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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