Natural radioactivity measurements in soil samples from Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 547-549

  Singh, Surinder ^a   Singh, Baldev ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Radium equivalent activity; Soil sample; Track etch technique

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; SOILS;

TRACK ETCH TECHNIQUES;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0042864725     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00200-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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