Distribution patterns of natural radioactivity and delineation of anomalous radioactive zones using in situ radiation observations in Southern Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 264-272

  Singh, H N ^a   Shanker, D ^b   Neelakandan, V N ^c   Singh, V P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Hinterlands; Natural background radiation (NBR); Petrologic microscope; Radiation exposure rates (RER); Radioelements; Southern Peninsular India

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RIVERS;

NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION (NBR); PETROLOGIC MICROSCOPE; RADIATION EXPOSURE RATES (RER); RADIOELEMENTS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; THORIUM; URANIUM;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RADIOACTIVITY; RIVERS;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUNTRY ROCK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLACER DEPOSIT; RADIOACTIVITY; SYENITE; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; INDIA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; METALS, RARE EARTH; RADIOACTIVITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANYAKUMARI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; TUTICORIN;

EID: 33847175219     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.06.118     Document Type: Article

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