Radon activity in ground waters of seven tet areas in Minnesota

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5247332

Lively, R S; Southwick, D L

The Minnesota Geological Survey collected and analyzed a total of 1975 water samples from seven areas in Minnesota with a combined area of 9467 km/sup 2/ (3655 mi/sup 2/) for radon activity during 1978 to 1979. Of these samples, about 90 percent contained less than 2000 pCi/1 radon, about 10 percent contained between 2000 and 10,000 pCi/l, and less than 1 percent exceeded 10,000 pCi/l. The program was designed to investigate radon activity in areas of Minnesota where geologic factors are known to be similar to those in producing uranium mining districts, to acquire independent data on radon in areas of Minnesota actiely being explored for uranium by private companies, and in addition, to test the usefulness in Minnesota of radon mapping for locating buried faults and other geologic structures without regard to uranium potential.

• Research Organization: Minnesota Univ., St. Paul (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5247332
• Report Number(s): NP-2902474; ON: DE82902474
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
MINNESOTA
GROUND WATER
RADON
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
DATA COMPILATION
GEOCHEMISTRY
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
CHEMISTRY
DATA
DISTRIBUTION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION V
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RARE GASES
USA
WATER
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