Radon variations in a Hungarian village

E. Tóth, F. Deak, C. S. Gyurkócza, Z. S. Kasztovszky, R. Kuczi, G. Marx, B. Nagy, S. Oberstedt, L. Sajó-Bohus, C. S. Sükösd, G. Toth, N. Vajda, E. Tóth, R. Kuczi

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    Abstract

    A steady radon exhalation is assumed in most publications. In a village of North-East Hungary, however, high radon concentrations have been measured, differing strongly in neighbouring houses and varying in time, due to the interplay of geochemical phenomena.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)123-127
    Number of pages5
    JournalEnvironmental Geology
    Volume31
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - May 1997

    Funding

    Acknowledgements The authors are great indebted to Professors John Miles (Didcot, UK), Edward Teller (Livermore, USA) and Fredrik Chr. Wolff (Trondheim, Norway) for valuable suggestions and discussions. The work has been supported by the RAD Foundation, Deák&Deák Financial Consulting Co., Elektronika ’77, the OMFB, and the OTKA-T6703 project.

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    Not addedOTKA-T6703

      ASJC Scopus subject areas

      • Environmental Chemistry
      • Water Science and Technology
      • Pollution
      • Soil Science

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