Pilot study of the application of Tellus airborne radiometric and soil geochemical data for radon mapping

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1687-1697

  Appleton, J D ^a   Miles, J C H ^b   Green, B M R ^b   Larmour, R ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of the Environment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Geochemical; Mapping; Radiometric; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

AIRBORNE; GEOCHEMICAL; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; INDOOR RADON; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PILOT STUDIES; PROJECT DATA; RADIOMETRIC; RADON MEASUREMENTS; SOIL;

MAPS;

RADON;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; INDOOR AIR; MAPPING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RADON ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRELAND; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; GEOGRAPHY; NORTHERN IRELAND; PILOT PROJECTS; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50049088778     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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