Use of 214Pb photopeaks for radon removal:utilising current airborne gamma-ray spectrometer technology and data processing

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-328

  Jurza, Pavel ^a   Campbell, Ian ^a   Robinson, Philip ^a   Wackerle, Rainer ^a   Cunneen, Pat ^a   Pavlík, Bob ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

214Pb; Airborne radiometrics; Gamma ray spectrometry; Principal component analysis; Radon; Radon removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009382020     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG05322     Document Type: Article

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