Measurement of terrestrial radiation for assessment of gamma dose from cultivated and barren saline soils of Faisalabad in Pakistan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-451

  Tufail, M ^a   Akhtar, Nasim ^b   Waqas, M ^c  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 226Ra; 232Th; 40K; Environmental radioactivity; HPGe; Soil; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PH EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SODIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECTROMETRY;

137CS; 226RA; 232TH; 40K; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HPGE;

IONIZING RADIATION;

EID: 33244458224     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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