Analysis of temperature influences on the amplitude-frequency characteristics of Rn gas concentration

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-270

  Finkelstein, Michael ^a   Eppelbaum, Lev V ^a   Price, Colin ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Radon; Temperature; Tunnel; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); POROSITY; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES;

RADON;

RADON;

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; GAS; ISRAEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERE; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 29244489199     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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