Preliminary insight into dose deposition processes in sedimentary media on a scale of single grains: Monte Carlo modelling of the effect of water on the gamma dose rate

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 541-547

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Gamma dose rate; GEANT4; Moisture effect; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTION; DOSE DEPOSITION; DOSE RATE; EFFECT OF WATER; GAMMA DOSE RATE; GEANT4; GEANT4 CODE; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; GEOMETRY EFFECTS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERACTION MODES; MASS STOPPING POWER; MOISTURE EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO MODELLING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE DOSIMETRY; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SEDIMENT GRAINS; SINGLE GRAINS;

GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOISTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 84865677733     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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