GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS TO THE INDOOR RADON DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTHERN BELGIUM

Authors
ZHU HC CHARLET JM TONDEUR F
Citation
Hc. Zhu et al., GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS TO THE INDOOR RADON DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTHERN BELGIUM, Science of the total environment, 220(2-3), 1998, pp. 195-214
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
220
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
195 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1998)220:2-3<195:GCTTIR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Soils and rocks are the predominant source of indoor radon (Rn) in sou thern Belgium. We have studied the correlations between geological fea tures and indoor Rn concentrations using an indoor Rn data set of appr ox. 1700 short-term measurements. The sediments in the study region ar e divided into 11 geological series or 43 stages and 16 rock types. Th e results show a striking relation between indoor Rn concentration and the geological factors. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res erved.