Soil radioactivity levels and radiation hazard assessment in the highlands of northern Jordan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Al Hamarneh, Ibrahim F ^a   Awadallah, Mohammad I ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Activity concentrations; Elemental concentrations Radiation hazard assessment; Gamma ray spectrometry; Jordan; Soil radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; HAZARDS; POTASSIUM; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STARS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS RADIATION HAZARD ASSESSMENT; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; JORDAN; SOIL RADIOACTIVITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 60249092330     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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