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Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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RELATIONSHIP FROM GEOLOGY AND RADON IN OUTDOOR AIR IN MASSIF DITRĂU AREA, EASTERN CARPATHIANS – ROMANIA



Adriana ION
Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest, 012270, Romania, adi75riana@yahoo.ro

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Abstract

Radon activity concentration in outdoor air was measured using alpha radon monitors (Pylon AB-5 portable with Continuous Passive Radon Detector). Radon in outdoor air was measured in situ, in 5 points, for each lithological unit from the study area. The radon concentration was measured at a height of 15 cm above ground level. The radon exhalation rate was continuously measured for 24 hours with a counting time of 20 minute/interval in each site. The range is considerable: from 2.6 - 52 Bq m-3. The release of radon from rocks and soil is controlled largely by the types of minerals in which uranium and thorium occur. In Ditrău Alkaline Massif, uranium (238U), thorium (232Th) and actinium (235U) are concentrated in accessory minerals such as: zircon, monazite, titanite, allanite, apatite, xenotime, rutile, thorite, bastnäsite, parisite, pyrochlore.
Keywords:
  • outdoor
  • radon
  • concentration
  • passive
  • system
  • petrography
  • map

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Adriana ION (2013). RELATIONSHIP FROM GEOLOGY AND RADON IN OUTDOOR AIR IN MASSIF DITRĂU AREA, EASTERN CARPATHIANS – ROMANIA

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