Galina Yakubova

Assessing Post-Irradiation Effects of Neutron Gamma Analysis on Soil Microbial Activity

Pulsed fast-thermal neutron-gamma analysis (PFTNA) is used in a new method of assessing soil elements by measuring gamma rays that appear when soil is irradiated with neutrons. Impacts on soil microbes of PFTNA irradiation at levels used with this method have not been examined. W...

Mathematical methods of soil gamma spectra analysis for carbon content determination

Conventional methods for measuring soil carbon are often time-consuming, labor intensive, and require laboratory analysis. Neutron-gamma analysis (NGA) offers an alternative for rapid (practically in-situ) and non-destructive measurement of carbon soil. This paper describes the d...