Evaluation of natural radioactivity and radiological hazards caused by different marbles of India

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 815-820

  Ramasamy, V ^a   Ponnusamy, V ^a   Hemalatha, J ^a   Meenakshisundaram, V ^b   Gajendiran, V ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; Marble; Natural radioactivity; Radiological hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544435177     PISSN: 00195596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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