Geological significance of soil gas radon: A case study of Nurpur area, district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-485

  Singh, Surinder ^a   Sharma, Dinesh Kumar ^a   Dhar, Sunil ^b   Randhawa, Surjit Singh ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Govt College   (India)

^c Science Technology and Environment   (India)

Author keywords

Lineaments; LR 115 detectors; Soil gas radon; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON; REMOTE SENSING; TECTONICS;

LINEAMENTS; LR-115 DETECTORS; SOIL GAS RADON;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 33244492640     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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