Determination of naturally occurring radionuclides in selected rocks from Hetaunda area, central Nepal

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 713-718

  Wallova, Gabriela ^a   Acharya, Kamala Kant ^b   Wallner, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Gamma spectrometry; Nepal; Rock samples; Uranium, thorium and 40K activity concentrations

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NEPAL; ROCK;

EID: 77949265499     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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