Feasibility for mapping radon exhalation rate from soil in china

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Sun, Kainan ^a   Guo, Qiuju ^b   Zhuo, Weihai ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Grain size; Model; Radium; Radon exhalation rate; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADVECTION; RADON EMANATION; RADON EXHALATION RATE; SOIL MOISTURE;

RADON;

EID: 1542305424     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2004.9715462     Document Type: Article

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