Radioactivity and radon emanation fraction of the granites sampled at Misasa and Badgastein

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-652

  Sakoda, Akihiro ^a   Hanamoto, Katsumi ^a   Ishimori, Yuu ^b   Nagamatsu, Tomohiro ^a   Yamaoka, Kiyonori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Badgastein; Granite; Misasa; Radioactivity; Radon emanation fraction

Indexed keywords

BADGASTEIN GRANITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON;

ALBITE; MICROCLINE; MINERAL; MUSCOVITE; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; RADON 226; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXHALATION; GRANITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 41549139188     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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