Measuring effective radium concentration with large numbers of samples. Part II–general properties and representativity

F Girault, F Perrier - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2012 - Elsevier
Effective radium concentration ECRa, product of radium concentration and radon
emanation, is the source term for radon release into the pore space of rocks and the …

Dependence of radon levels in Postojna Cave on outside air temperature

A Gregorič, A Zidanšek… - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
Postojna Cave is the largest of 21 show caves in Slovenia. The radon concentration there
was measured continuously in the Great Mountain hall from July 2005 to October 2009 and …

Radon transport in fractured porous media—experimental study in caves

J Hakl, I Csige, I Hunyadi, A Várhegyi, G Géczy - Environment International, 1996 - Elsevier
The spatial and temporal variation of 222Rn concentration in three horizontal caves and in
one vertical cave was measured to study the influence of different morphological and …

Optimizing laboratory-based radon flux measurements for sediments

S Chanyotha, C Kranrod, R Kritsananuwat… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Radon flux via diffusion from sediments and other materials may be determined in the
laboratory by circulating air through the sample and a radon detector in a closed loop …

Analysis of Radon time series recorded in Slovak and Czech caves for the detection of anomalies due to seismic phenomena

F Ambrosino, L Thinová, M Briestenský… - Radiation protection …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Anomalies in the radon (222 Rn) releases in underground environments are one of the
phenomena that can be observed before earthquake occurrence. Continuous …

Cave air ventilation and CO2 outgassing by radon-222 modeling: how fast do caves breathe?

AJ Kowalczk, PN Froelich - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
In general, the rate and timing of calcite precipitation is in part affected by variations in cave
air CO2 concentrations. Knowledge of cave ventilation processes is required to quantify the …

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

F Perrier, P Richon, U Gautam, DR Tiwari… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The concentration activity of radon-222 has been monitored, with some interruptions, from
1997 to 2005 in the end section of a slightly rising, dead-end, 38-m long tunnel located in …

Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

M Briestenský, F Ambrosino, I Smetanová, L Thinová… - 2022 - rua.ua.es
We report the results of 3-years of Radon-222 monitoring in six show caves across Europe,
selected with the feature of having only one, or no natural entrance, defined as dead-end …

Natural air ventilation in underground galleries as a tool to increase radon sampling volumes for geologic monitoring

A Eff-Darwich, R Viñas, V Soler, J de la Nuez… - Radiation …, 2008 - Elsevier
A simple numerical model was implemented to infer airflow (natural ventilation) in
underground tunnels from the differences in the temporal patterns of radon, 222Rn …

The overview of the radon and environmental characteristics measurements in the Czech show caves

L Thinová, A Froňka, K Rovenská - Radiation protection …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This paper focuses on the measurement and assessment of absorbed doses of radiation in
caves of the Czech Republic, some of which exhibit high activity concentration of radon in …