An automatic static chamber for continuous 220Rn and 222Rn flux measurements from soil

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Lehmann, B E ^a   Ihly, B ^a   Salzmann, S ^a   Conen, F ^b   Simon, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MPI for Chemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rn flux from soil to atmosphere; Rn flux measurements; Static chamber

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUXES; LEAD; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM; VEGETATION;

RADIOACTIVE DECAY; STATIC CHAMBERS;

RADON;

EID: 0348222215     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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