Radioactivity and Radon potential of the terra rossa soil

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 290-297

  Vaupotič, Janja ^a   Barišić, Delko ^b   Kobal, Ivan ^a   Lulić, Stipe ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Karst; Monitoring; Radioactivity; Radon in soil gas; Terra rossa soil

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRED BOILERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; TERRA ROSSA SOIL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 34248562026     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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