226Ra, 232Th and 40K contents in soil samples from Garhwal Himalaya, India, and its radiological implications

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-385

  Ramola, R C ^a   Gusain, G S ^a   Badoni, Manjari ^a   Prasad, Yogesh ^a   Prasad, Ganesh ^a   Ramachandran, T V ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; HUMAN BEINGS; IONISING RADIATION; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL SOURCES;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THALLIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM;

EID: 51449119430     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/28/3/008     Document Type: Article

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