Radon concentration in soil gas around local disjunctive tectonic zones in the Krakow area

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Swakon J ^a   Kozak, K ^a   Paszkowski, M ^b   Gradzinski R ^b   Loskiewicz J ^a   Mazur, J ^a   Janik, M ^a   Bogacz, J ^a   Horwacik, T ^a   Olko, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fault zones; Geological structure; Natural radioactivity; Radon and thoron in soil gas

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IONIZATION; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGIC FAULTS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL GAS;

SOILS;

ISOTOPE; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; RADON; RADON 220; RADON 222; THORIUM;

FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS; GEOLOGY; IONIZATION; POLAND; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND; WORLD;

THORON;

EID: 4544298127     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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