Radon transport in fractured porous media - Experimental study in caves

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hakl, J ^a   Csige, I ^a   Hunyadi, I ^a   Varhegyi A ^b   Geczy G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Mecsekurán Ore Mining Ltd   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CAVES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; METEOROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

RADON TRANSPORT;

RADON;

RADON 222;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030795891     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00143-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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