The relationship between radon and geology: sources, transport and indoor accumulation

LJR Nunes, A Curado, SI Lopes - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review study examines the relationship between radon and geology, including its
origins, transmission, and accumulation, as well as its impact on human health and …

Radon transport in permeable geological environments

PS Miklyaev, TB Petrova, DV Shchitov… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article presents the results of a long-term soil radon and meteorological parameter
monitoring study in the fault zone at Mt. Beshtau, North Caucasus, which for more than 3 …

The dynamics of Rn-222 cyclic flow within the shallow geological subsurface media as a daily temporal variated source for exhalation into the air

A Benkovitz, H Zafrir, Y Reuveni - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Extensive research on the dynamics of radon gas (Rn-222) originating from the radioactive
decay of radium (Ra-226) in geological subsurface media, sheds light on its periodic release …

Effect of atmospheric temperature on underground radon: A laboratory experiment

G Haquin, H Zafrir, D Ilzycer, N Weisbrod - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of atmospheric temperature on underground radon flow was investigated in a
customized climate-controlled laboratory (CCL) system, which enabled us to isolate the …

A Novel Assessment of the Surface Heat Flux Role in Radon (Rn-222) Gas Flow within Subsurface Geological Porous Media

A Benkovitz, H Zafrir, Y Reuveni - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
At present, Rn subsurface flow can be described only by diffusion and advection
transportation models within porous media that currently exist. Even though the temperature …

Comparative studies on radon seasonal variations in various undeground environments: Cases of abandoned Beshtaugorskiy uranium mine and Kungur Ice Cave

PS Miklyaev, TB Petrova, NG Maksimovich… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is well known that one of the most important risk factors in underground environment is the
harmful effects of radon. The reasons for strong seasonal fluctuations in radon content in …

Precursor-based earthquake prediction research: Proposal for a paradigm-shifting strategy

A Szakács - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The article discusses the controversial topic of the precursor-based earthquake prediction,
based on a personal perspective intending to stir the current still waters of the issue after …

Usage of fiber optics as an underground deployable radon gas detector

Y Rodal, A Shemer, A Schwarz, N Ozana, H Zafrir… - OSA …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Radon gas was previously presented to be a good tool as a proxy for pre-seismic precursory
before earthquakes, especially when the detector is deployed a few meters underground in …

A gas-flow funnel system to quantify advective gas emission rates from the subsurface

A Lübben, C Leven - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The estimation of greenhouse gas emission rates from the subsurface into the atmosphere is
an important part of climate-related research activities and associated efforts concerning the …

The results and developments of the radon monitoring network in seismic areas

VE Toader, C Ionescu, IA Moldovan, A Marmureanu… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The analysis of the relationship between radon and seismicity was previously carried out in
the seismic zone of Vrancea (Romania), positioning the measuring stations on tectonic …