A map of radon flux at the Australian land surface

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8969-8982

  Griffiths, A D ^a   Zahorowski, W ^a   Element, A ^a   Werczynski, S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957579012     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8969-2010     Document Type: Article

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