Radon concentrations in abandoned mines, Cumbria, UK: safety implications for industrial archaeologists
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1684-9981
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1311-2011