c0e03100-bdd2-4d12-a083-bff7a63d3fad English UTF-8 Dataset Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Point of contact 2020-12-11 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Radioactivity Measurements on Some Rock and Water Samples from Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica. 2020-08-26 Creation Document digital The field measurements and laboratory analyses were carried out on some rock and water samples from the Dakshin Gangotri region. It was found that no significant deposits of radioactive minerals exist in the vicinity of the Priyadarshini lake. The water samples collected from the water channels in the ice-shelf and from the Priyadarshini lake were found to be free of any hazardous radioactive contaminations. The gamma ray spectrometric surveys are useful in locating gamma radiation fields caused by varying concentrations of radio isotopes at different localities. The spectrometric surveys thus provide an effective tool to locate important radioactive minerals like uranium, thorium etc. in a given region. So far very few radioactive surveys have been carried out in Antarctica (Dreschoff et al., 1983)and no significant deposits in radioactive minerals have been reported in the Dronning Maud Land. Completed Dr. SK Verma National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) 8322525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND ictd@ncpor.res.in Principal investigator Earth Science-Land Surface Theme Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic Place Radioactivity Measurements on Some Rock and Water Samples from Dakshin Gangotri Project English 20.0 140.0 -90.0 30.0 1984-01-01 1985-12-31 TableDigital unknown unknown Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Distributor http://npdc.ncaor.gov.in/npdc/search_mf_data.action?search=freeText&expedition_type=all&parameter=MF1919704942&userType=user&freeTextValue=Radioactivity+Measurements+on+Some+Rock+and+Water+Samples+from+Dakshin+Gangotri%2C+Antarctica.