Seasonal variations of natural ventilation and radon-222 exhalation in a slightly rising dead-end tunnel

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 220-235

  Perrier, Frédéric ^a   Richon, Patrick ^a,b   Gautam, Umesh ^c   Tiwari, Dilli Ram ^c   Shrestha, Prithvi ^c   Sapkota, Soma Nath ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c Commissariat à l'énergie atomique ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Natural ventilation; Radon exhalation; Radon 222; Tunnel; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUNNELS; VENTILATION;

DIURNAL AMPLITUDE; EXHALATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TRANSIENT REDUCTIONS; WATER INFILTRATION;

RADON;

RADON 222;

INFILTRATION; RADON ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUNNEL; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EXHALATION; ROOM VENTILATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; PHULCHOWKI MOUNTAIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548714648     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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