Release of 222Rn from some soils

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-133

  Duenas C ^a   Fernandez M C ^a   Carretero, J ^a   Liger, E ^a   Perez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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EID: 0642379629     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050427     Document Type: Article

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