Mapping large areas of radioactively contaminated land with a self adapted, handheld, GPS coupled, scintillation detector

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 502-508

  Paridaens, Johan ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contamination maps; Environmental contamination; GPS; Heavy metals; Helicopter measurements; Hydrography; Mapping; Radioactive contamination; Radium

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAVY METALS; MAPPING;

CONTAMINATION MAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; HELICOPTER MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

RADIUM;

RADIUM; SODIUM IODIDE;

AERIAL SURVEY; CHLORIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATED LAND; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLOODING; GPS; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGRAPHY; MAPPING; PHOSPHATE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIUM; RIVER BANK; RIVER DISCHARGE; TERRAIN; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FLOODING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SCINTILLATION;

BELGIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749152897     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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