Spatial distribution of natural radioactivity levels in topsoil around the high-uranium mineralization zone of Kylleng-Pyndensohiong (Mawthabah) areas, West Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1665-1670

  War, S A ^a   Nongkynrih, P ^a   Khathing, D T ^a   Iongwai, P S ^a   Jha, S K ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; India; Kylleng Pyndensohiong (Mawthabah); Natural radionuclides; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA-SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; KYLLENG-PYNDENSOHIONG (MAWTHABAH); NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIATION LEVELS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUE; TOPSOIL SAMPLES; URANIUM MINERALIZATION; URANIUM MINING;

RADIATION;

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MINERALIZATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

INDIA; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KHASI HILLS; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50049136196     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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