The Hiroshima thermal-neutron discrepancy for 36Cl at large distances. Part II: Natural in situ production as a source

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-96

  Nolte, Eckehart ^a   Huber, Thomas ^a   Rühm, Werner ^d,e   Kato, Kazuo ^b   Lazarev, Vitali ^a   Schultz, Ludolf ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Coll Hlth Sci   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; NEUTRONS; POTASSIUM;

EPICENTERS; HYPOCENTERS; NEGATIVE MUONS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; POTASSIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COSMIC RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAMPLE;

BIOPHYSICS; CHLORINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 27644493108     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-005-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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