Natural radioactivity in some major rivers of coastal Karnataka on the southwest coast of India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 98-106

  Narayana, Y ^a   Rajashekara, K M ^a   Siddappa, K ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JSS Foundation for Science and Society   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal Karnataka; Dose rates; Natural radioactivity; Radiation hazard index; Rivers; Rock; Sediment; Soil; Transportation of radionuclides

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM ALLOYS; SOILS;

COASTAL KARNATAKA; DOSE RATES; RADIATION HAZARD INDEX; RIVERINE ENVIRONS; TRANSPORTATION OF RADIONUCLIDES;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

COASTAL ZONE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; RIVER BANK;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIUM; RIVERS; THORIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALI RIVER; KARNATAKA; NETRAVATHI RIVER; SHARAVATHI RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250157364     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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