Applicability study of using in-situ gamma-ray spectrometry technique for 137Cs and 210Pbex inventories measurement in grassland environments

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1143-1149

  Li, Junjie ^a,b   Li, Yong ^b   Wang, Yanglin ^a   Wu, Jiansheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs and 210Pbex; Gamma ray spectrometry; Grassland; In situ measurement; Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

APPLICABILITY STUDY; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FIELD STUDIES; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PRECISION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INNER MONGOLIA; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NO REFERENCES; OBJECT COUNTING; RADIONUCLIDE INVENTORIES; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SOIL EROSION;

CESIUM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRASSLAND; IN SITU OBJECT COUNTING SYSTEM; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION;

CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 77649271100     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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