Study of uranium, radium and radon exhalation rate in soil samples from some areas of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India using solid-state nuclear track detectors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 363-366

  Sharma, D K ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Singh, Surinder ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Radium; Radon exhalation; Track detector; Uranium

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS;

NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0041362062     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00152-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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