Seasonal and spatial variations in Rn-222 and Rn-220 in soil gas, and implications for indoor radon levels

G Sharman - Environmental geochemistry and health, 1992 - Springer
Rn-222 enters dwellings as a component of soil gas drawn from the soil by mass flow driven
by the pressure difference between the house and soil beneath. In a site on Northampton …

Variability of radon and thoron concentration with type of dwellings in a hilly area

R Sivakumar - Indoor and Built Environment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Indoor radon, thoron and progenies are major contributors to the indoor radiation dose
which have been measured by our study for different types of dwellings during four seasons …

The correlations between radon in soil gas and its exhalation and concentration in air in the southern part of Syria

R Shweikani, M Hushari - Radiation measurements, 2005 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to measure the concentration of the radon (222Rn) in soil air, 222Rn
exhalation from soil and 222Rn in outdoor air which may have great influence on 222Rn …

222Rn as indicator of atmospheric turbulence: measurements at Lake Maggiore and on the pre-Alps

L Sesana, B Ottobrini, G Polla, U Facchini - Journal of environmental …, 2006 - Elsevier
Radon concentration measurements in atmosphere were taken in years from 1997 to 1999
in Milan and at pre-alpine sites located north of Lombardy. In this paper the results of …

Radon-222 signatures of natural ventilation regimes in an underground quarry [Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 71 (2004) 17-32]⋆

F Perrier, P Richon, C Crouzeix, P Morat… - Journal of …, 2004 - academia.edu
3700 170,(1) where A is the radon concentration in Bq. m-3, T is the duration of the working
session in hours, DCF is the Dose Conversion Factor in mSv/WLM (Working Level Month …

Soil and building material as main sources of indoor radon in Băiţa-Ştei radon prone area (Romania)

C Cosma, A Cucoş-Dinu, B Papp, R Begy… - Journal of environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Radon contributes to over than 50% of the natural radiation dose received by people. In
radon risk areas this contribution can be as high as 90–95%, leading to an exposure to …

Prediction of indoor radon risk from radium concentration in soil: Republic of Macedonia case study

P Bossew, Z Stojanovska, ZS Zunic… - Romanian Journal of …, 2013 - eprints.ugd.edu.mk
Geo-referenced datasets of indoor radon concentrations and radium concentrations in soil
are available for the Republic of Macedonia. However, the indoor 222Rn data are spatially …

Radon (222Rn) level variations on a regional scale: influence of the basement trace element (U, Th) geochemistry on radon exhalation rates

G Ielsch, D Thieblemont, V Labed, P Richon… - Journal of environmental …, 2001 - Elsevier
The approach proposed in this study provides insight into the influence of the basement
geochemistry on the spatial distribution of radon (222Rn) levels both at the soil/atmosphere …

The exhalation rate of radon in the atmosphere and the influencing factors

H Kojima - 1998 - osti.gov
To clarify the mechanism of radon transport from soil to surface, the long-term and
continuous measurements of the radon exhalation were performed at one site, together with …

Atmospheric radon levels and its emanation rate in the environment of Kaiga

HM Somashekarappa, Y Narayana… - Radiation …, 1996 - Elsevier
A systematic study of atmospheric radon levels and of radon emanation rates was
conducted in the environment of Kaiga on the south-west coast of India where the …