NDLI: Gamma dose rate and soil gas radon concentration measured at low soil thickness (Czech Republic)

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Author	Barnet, Ivan Pacherová, Petra
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	According to Czech legislative, the soil gas radon measurements are performed in a standard depth of 80 cm. However, on some localities characterized by low soil and subsoil thickness, this depth is not achievable. Therefore, the main aim of research activities was oriented to find out the depth relationship of soil gas radon concentration and its relation to additive radiometric parameters—gamma spectrometry and gamma dose rate. For practical use, the gamma dose rate was found to have better relationship to radon concentration than uranium concentration or total activity. The soil gas radon measurements were performed on 106 localities in the Czech Republic using the modified probe with side inlet of soil gas. The measurements were oriented to localities with demonstrably low thickness of soils and subsoils (in average 30–40 cm from surface to unweathered underlying rock). The choice of localities covered the most frequented rock types of the Czech Republic differing by radon index. For each locality, the complementary radiometric parameters (gamma dose rate and gamma spectrometry) were measured on the soil surface and closely situated rock outcrops. The growth of radon concentration with depth was confirmed on most of the localities with linear regression coefficient R = 0.95. The linear regression relationship was found between maximum soil gas radon concentration and gamma dose rate measured on the rock outcrops with coefficient R = 0.65 for all summarily processed data. The differences of this relationship were observed according to variability of lithological types and ranges of gamma dose rate. In a specified gamma dose rate ranges, the results could contribute to precising the method of building site assessment in conditions of low soil and subsoil thickness.
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ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	75
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-04-01
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Soil gas radon concentration Gamma dose rate Low soil thickness Bohemian Massif Geology Hydrology/Water Resources Geochemistry Environmental Science and Engineering Terrestrial Pollution Biogeosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

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