Determination of the depth of localized radioactive contamination by 137Cs and 60Co in sand with principal component analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8262-8267

  Adams, Jamie C ^a   Mellor, Matthew ^b   Joyce, Malcolm J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CREATEC LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT-60; ENERGY SPECTRA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; SHIELDING MATERIALS;

CESIUM; COBALT; CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COBALT ISOTOPE; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIONUCLIDE; SAND;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PHANTOM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SAND;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053395747     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201619r     Document Type: Article

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