Vertical distributions and gamma dose rates of 40K, 232Th, 238U and 137Cs in the selected forest soils in Izmir, Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-355

  Karadeniz, Özlem ^a   Yaprak, Günseli ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FOREST SOIL; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; TURKEY;

EID: 56849127945     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn185     Document Type: Article

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