Environmental radioactivity in the UK: The airborne geophysical view of dose rate estimates

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-263

  Beamish, David ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Bedrock; Gamma ray; Soil; UK

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE; BEDROCK; DOSE RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; UK;

SOILS;

POTASSIUM; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM; AIR POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GRANITE; LITHOLOGY; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOURCE ROCK; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

AIR; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; ROCK; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; URANIUM MINE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; GREAT BRITAIN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84907853745     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.025     Document Type: Article

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