Spatial mapping and radiometric survey of high background radiation areas in Southern Tamil Nadu, India

Southern Tamil Nadu has placer deposits, which is rich in minerals like zircon, garnet, monazite and rutile containing with radionuclides of U, Th and their decayed products. The present study is to identify the high background radiation areas in the regions of South west–east coast of Tamil Nadu. T...

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Main Authors: Kamesh Viswanathan Baskaran, Kantha Deivi Arunachalam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Radiation Protection and Environment
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Online Access:http://www.rpe.org.in/article.asp?issn=0972-0464;year=2020;volume=43;issue=3;spage=162;epage=170;aulast=Baskaran