Evaluation of radionuclides in the terrestrial environment of Western Ghats

The activity concentration of naturally occurring radionuclides in soil samples of an elevated radiation background area of Western Ghats were determined using gamma-ray spectrometry with the aim of evaluating the environmental radioactivity. The annual effective dose equivalent and the radiation ha...

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Published in:	Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	P.K. Manigandan, B. Chandar Shekar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014-07-01
Subjects:	Naturally occurring radionuclides Western Ghats Monazite Radiological hazard
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850714000375