Quantification of radon concentration in groundwater around abandoned Gogi uranium mineralized zone, Yadagir district, Karnataka, India

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - Tập 329 Số 2 - Trang 489-498 - 2021
P. Ravikumar1, K. Venkata Ranga Naika1, K. L. Prakash1, R.K. Somashekar1
1Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

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