Natural radioactivity measurements in beach sand along southern coast of Orissa, Eastern India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-601

  Rao, N Sulekha ^a   Sengupta, D ^a   Guin, R ^b   Saha, S K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity High background radiation areas Gopalpur and Rushikulya beach Orissa HPGe detector Environment Absorbed dose Effective dose Radiation hazard indices

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; EFFECTIVE DOSE; HIGH BACKGROUND RADIATION AREAS; HPGE DETECTORS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; DETECTORS; LEACHING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; MONAZITE; MONAZITE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PLACERS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; BEACH; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEACHING; MONAZITE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SAND; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

GOPALPUR; INDIA; ORISSA;

EID: 77955129000     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0057-x     Document Type: Article

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