Comparison of Northern Ireland radon maps based on indoor radon measurements and geology with maps derived by predictive modelling of airborne radiometric and ground permeability data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1572-1583

  Appleton, J D ^a   Miles, J C H ^b   Young, M ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Mapping; Modelling; Northern Ireland; Permeability; Radiometric; Radon

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE; MODELLING; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERMEABILITY; RADIOMETRIC;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MAPPING; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

RADON;

RADON;

BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; INDOOR RADON; MAPPING METHOD; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; RADON ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURFACE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RADIOMETRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SOIL;

ENGLAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79951809536     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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