Differentiation between the effect of temperature and pressure on radon within the subsurface geological media

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-56

  Zafrir, Hovav ^a   Barbosa, Susana M ^b   Malik, Uri ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Radon long term measurements in air versus in porous media; Radon transportation; Temperature and pressure impact on radon

Indexed keywords

AIR INTERFACE; AIR SPACE; ALPHA DETECTOR; DAILY VARIATIONS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FIELD MONITORING; GAMMA DETECTORS; GAMMA MEASUREMENTS; GEOLOGICAL MEDIA; INTRA-SEASONAL; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; MONITORING SITES; POROUS ROCKS; PRESSURE WAVES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MONITORING; RADON TIME SERIES; RADON VARIATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW BOREHOLES; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLES; DETECTORS; POROUS MATERIALS;

RADON;

EID: 84873991525     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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