Assessment of natural radioactivity levels and associated dose rates in soil samples from northern Rajasthan, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Duggal, Vikas ^a   Rani, Asha ^b   Mehra, Rohit ^c   Ramola, R C ^d  

^a I K GUJRAL PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ferozpur College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^c DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; RADIUM; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; INDIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 84893008648     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct199     Document Type: Article

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