The use of linear attenuation coefficients of gamma radiation for detecting knots in Pinus radiata

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Karsulovic, Jose T ^a   Leon, Luis A ^a   Dinator, Maria I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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