Environmental gamma-ray spectra from selected sites in southeastern New Mexico

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6608737

Ewing, R I

Environmental gamma-ray spectra were obtained in 1978 and 1979 in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park and in a potash mine operated by the Mississippi Chemical Corporation near Carlsbad, New Mexico, using a high-resolution germanium crystal detector. The spectra are analyzed for components from the uranium decay series, the thorium decay series, cesium-137, and potassium-40. Comparison spectra were obtained at the Avery Island Salt Dome in Louisiana, and from the naturally occurring activity in samples of uranium ore, thorium metal, and sylvite crystals.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6608737
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-0738; ON: DE83004094
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CESIUM 137
DATA ANALYSIS
GAMMA SPECTRA
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NUCLEI
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