Monitoring the radon flux from gold-mine dumps by γ-ray mapping

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 213, Issue , 2004, Pages 775-778

  Lindsay, R ^a   De Meijer, R J ^a,b   Maleka, P P ^a,b,c   Newman, R T ^c   Motlhabane, T G K ^c,e   De Villiers, D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

spectroscopy; Mine dumps; Radioactivity; Radon flux

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; GOLD MINES; HEALTH HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; URANIUM;

GAMMA RAY DETECTORS;

RADON;

EID: 0242578289     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(03)01702-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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