Estimating the amount and distribution of radon flux density from the soil surface in China

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1143-1148

  Zhuo, Weihai ^a   Guo, Qiuju ^b   Chen, Bo ^a   Cheng, Guan ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

222Rn; 226Ra content; China; Ecosystems database; Flux density

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEMS DATABASE; FLUX DENSITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

RADON;

RADON 222;

ARIDITY; DATABASE; DIGITAL MAP; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 43849106840     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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