Field Studies of Radon in Rocks, Soils, and WaterField Studies of Radon in Rocks, Soils, and Water focuses on the principal sources of indoor radon and detecting radon through geochemical and hydrological studies of ground water. The book addresses how to measure radon, covers geological field study techniques, and presents techniques for assessing radon potential. The geochemical and hydrological studies of ground water cover such areas as health effects and radionuclides in geology. Techniques for measuring radon in ground water are also provided. Field Studies of Radon in Rocks, Soils, and Water is an excellent practical guide for geologists, geochemists, ground water professionals, and geophysicists interested in radon. Features |
Contents
Studies of Radon in Rocks and Soil | 1 |
Radon Measurement Methods | 7 |
Curves showing the error in estimation of radon concentration by passive | 9 |
Appendix A Derivation of the Radon Availability Number RAN | 14 |
centimeter³ cm³ | 19 |
Water Sample Collecting Technique | 21 |
meter³ m³ | 25 |
Summary of factors influencing soilgas radon concentrations | 29 |
Summary of Selected Studies | 189 |
Radionuclides in Ground Water Rock and Soil and Indoor Air of the Northeastern | 195 |
Natural radioactivity in public water supplies in the United States | 199 |
liter per second Ls | 202 |
New Hampshire | 203 |
Geohydrologic data and concentrations of radium and uranium in water samples | 205 |
Connecticut | 211 |
CanadaSouthern Ontario | 217 |
Summary | 30 |
Derivation of Radon Migration Rates in the Surficial Environment by Use of Helium | 33 |
Geologic Field Studies | 39 |
Methods | 40 |
Discussion and Conclusions | 48 |
Spearman rank correlation for chemical constituents and well yield with total | 51 |
Soils of Boyertown and Easton | 55 |
Pa | 56 |
Textural analysis of selected soils | 57 |
Summary and Conclusions | 61 |
Location of study area Mulligan Quarry Clinton N J | 66 |
Methods of Study | 67 |
Gammaray spectrometer data and calculated concentrations of potassium | 72 |
References Cited | 75 |
Radon in Soil Gas Along Active Faults in Central California by ChiYu King | 77 |
Soilgas radon monitoring sites central California | 79 |
Time series plots of A atmospheric temperature and B daily rainfall | 141 |
Radon Emanation from Uranium Mill Tailings by Edward R Landa | 145 |
gram per minute | 146 |
Particlesize analysis dry sieving of uranium mill tailings | 147 |
Influence of Ore Type and Milling Process on Radon222 Emanation Coefficients | 150 |
Characteristics of ore samples and leaching conditions used | 151 |
Distribution of Radium in New Jersey | 156 |
Map showing summary of average indoor radon levels and surface radium | 158 |
Average indoor radon levels for counties in New Jersey | 159 |
Regional Radon Characterizations by R Thomas Peake and R Randall | 163 |
Equivalent uranium soil permeability housing construction and indoor radon | 168 |
Discussion | 171 |
Reconnaissance Approach to Using Geology and SoilGas Radon Concentrations | 177 |
Soilgas radon concentrations for the traverse in Prince Georges County | 178 |
Studies of Radon in Water | 183 |
becquerel Bq1 disintegration per second | 218 |
Radon concentration | 224 |
Techniques for Measuring Radon in Water | 227 |
Transportation and storage loss of radon222 | 230 |
Conclusions | 234 |
Characterization of Base Flow | 240 |
Sources of Uranium | 247 |
Range and median values of radionuclide concentrations in ground water in | 250 |
Rock samples and autoradiographs of radiation development from corehole | 255 |
GroundWater Geochemistry of Uranium and Radium in the Newark Basin | 256 |
Controls on Dissolved Radon222 Concentration in the Newark Basin | 262 |
Geohydrologic Setting | 268 |
Field measurements of temperature pH specific conductance alkalinity | 271 |
Conclusions | 276 |
Data on sampled wells Carson Valley | 282 |
Distribution of Radon in the Ground Water | 283 |
Analyses of water from sampled wells in the Carson Valley | 286 |
Summary | 287 |
Dissolvedoxygen concentration in the Boyertown ground water | 293 |
Chemical analyses of the Boyertown study area well waters | 294 |
Radionuclide Activities at U S Geological Survey Gaging Stations | 303 |
Radionuclide activities and associated data of selected samples from U | 304 |
Colorado River at Cameron Ariz | 306 |
Areal and Temporal Variations in Water Quality | 307 |
Values of saturation indices for minerals of uranium and lead in an average | 309 |
Uranium Radium and Radon in Deeply Buried Sediments of the U S Gulf Coast | 313 |
Comparison of radium228radium226 activity ratios of formation water with | 315 |
Multiple measurements of radon taken at the same site in northeast | 326 |
Oxygen carbon dioxide and methane data for selected sample sites and springs | |
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