High accuracy in situ radiometric mapping

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 195-202

  Tyler, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; Forward scattering; In situ gamma spectrometry; Salt marshes; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOILS;

FIELD MOIST BULK DENSITY; PHOTON FLUENCE; VERTICAL ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADIOMETRY;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SALTMARSH; SOIL EROSION; SPECTROMETRY;

ACCURACY; COMPTON EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOMETRY; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347995065     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00202-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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