Assessment of natural radioactivity and associated radiation indices in soil samples from the high background radiation area, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
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Background radiation and individual dosimetry in the costal area of Tamil Nadu, India.
South coast of India is known as the high-level background radiation area (HBRA) mainly due to beach sands that contain natural radionuclides as components of the mineral monazite. The rich deposit of monazite is unevenly distributed along the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. An HBRA site that laid in 2×7 m along the sea was found in the beach of Chinnavillai, Tamil Nadu, where the maximu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Protection and Environment
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0972-0464
DOI: 10.4103/rpe.rpe_31_16