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Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector: 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings

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Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector: 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings. / Ukaegbu, I.K.; Aspinall, M.; Gamage, K.A.A.
2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). IEEE, 2019. p. 99-100.

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Ukaegbu, IK, Aspinall, M & Gamage, KAA 2019, Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector: 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings. in 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). IEEE, pp. 99-100. https://doi.org/10.1109/USNC-URSI.2019.8861914

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Ukaegbu, I. K., Aspinall, M., & Gamage, K. A. A. (2019). Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector: 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings. In 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium) (pp. 99-100). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/USNC-URSI.2019.8861914

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Ukaegbu IK, Aspinall M, Gamage KAA. Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector: 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings. In 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). IEEE. 2019. p. 99-100 Epub 2019 Jul 12. doi: 10.1109/USNC-URSI.2019.8861914

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Ukaegbu, I.K. ; Aspinall, M. ; Gamage, K.A.A. / Estimating the Depth of Buried Radioactive Sources using Ground Penetrating Radar and a Gamma Ray Detector : 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), USNC-URSI 2019 - Proceedings. 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). IEEE, 2019. pp. 99-100

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