Radon transport into dwellings: Considering groundwater as a source

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1577-1580

  Oostrom, M ^a   Lenhard, R J ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GASES; GROUNDWATER; HOUSING; PHASE INTERFACES; SOILS; CRACKS; DEGASSING; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONCRETE FOUNDATION; EQUIVALENT CONTINUUM; INDOOR RADON CONCENTRATIONS; PERMEABLE SOILS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

RADON;

ADVECTION; DWELLINGS; RADON TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER; INDOOR RADON; RADON; SOIL GAS;

EID: 0030159449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01433     Document Type: Article

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