An assessment of cumulative external doses from Chernobyl fallout for a forested area in Russia using the optically stimulated luminescence from quartz inclusions in bricks

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1154-1164

  Ramzaev, V ^a   Botter Jensen L ^b   Thomsen, K J ^b   Andersson, K G ^b   Murray, A S ^c  

^a Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (Russian Federation)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chernobyl fallout; Cumulative dose; Fired quartz; Forest; Optically stimulated luminescence; Red clay brick

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ;

GROUND DEPOSITION LEVEL; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); POINT DETECTORS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; FALLOUT; FOREST SOIL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; GAMMA RADIATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BRYANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 43849097423     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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