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Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2010

Abstract

The 222 Rn activity concentration in ground water from four boreholes was investigated from January 2006 to June 2008. The boreholes are situated in the region of the Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory in Modra-Piesok (Little Carpathians Mts., 40 km NW from Bratislava, Slovakia). Three boreholes have been drilled in Lower Triassic quartzite. Another borehole has been drilled in granodiorite of the Modra massif in which the quartzite is folded. Temporal and spatial differences in radon concentration were observed. Significant short-term variations were noticed in all boreholes. Precipitation caused the changes of water level and strongly affected the values of 222 Rn activity concentration in less deep boreholes. The measured activities in boreholes ranged approximately over 1-240 kBq/m3 .

Details

Title
Temporal and spatial changes of radon concentration in borehole water (Little Carpathians Mts., Slovakia)
Author
Smetanová, I.; Holý, K.; Müllerová, M.; Polásková, A.; Túnyi, I.
First page
1373
Publication year
2010
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
15618633
e-ISSN
16849981
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
911515783
Copyright
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2010