Fractal approach to the solid-particle environmental radioactivity

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Semkow, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL ASH; CURVE FITTING; FLY ASH; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FRACTAL-PARTICLE MODEL; SOLID-PARTICLE ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FLY ASH; GEOMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLID STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 2742517614     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00091-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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