222Rn and 220Rn concentrations in soil gas of Karkonosze-Izera Block (Sudetes, Poland)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-164

  Malczewski, Dariusz ^a   Zaba, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fault zones; Gneisses; Hornfelses; Radon; Soil gas; Sudetes Mountains; Thoron; Uranium deposits

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SAMPLING; SOILS; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

FAULT ZONES; GNEISSES; HORNFELSES; SOIL GASES; SUDETES MOUNTAINS; THORON;

RADON;

RADON 220; RADON 222; POTASSIUM; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAULT ZONE; GNEISS; HORNFELS; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL GAS; URANIUM;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; POLAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; POLAND; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 33846504073     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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