Determining gamma dose rates by field gamma spectroscopy in sedimentary media: Results of Monte Carlo simulations

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-195

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Physique Appliquee l'Archeologie Maison de l'Archeologie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Gamma dose rate; Geant4; Monte Carlo simulations; Threshold technique

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA DOSE RATE; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEANT4; GEANT4 CODE; HUMIDITY CONTENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PER UNIT; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; THRESHOLD ENERGY; THRESHOLD TECHNIQUE; U-SERIES; WINDOW TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79151471920     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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