Determination of marine gamma activity and study of the minimum detectable activity (MDA) in 4pi geometry based on Monte Carlo simulation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Bagatelas, C ^a,b   Tsabaris, C ^a   Kokkoris, M ^b   Papadopoulos, C T ^b   Vlastou, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

4pi geometry; Marine gamma activity; Minimum detectable activity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GAMMA ACTIVITIES; GEANT4 CODE; IN-SITU; MINIMUM DETECTABLE ACTIVITIES; MINIMUM DETECTABLE ACTIVITY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NAI DETECTOR; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEAWATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESHWATER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GEOMETRY; MARINE POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SODIUM; TESTING METHOD; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; GREECE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77952289613     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0935-4     Document Type: Article

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