Authors: Joga Singh Harmanjit Singh Surinder Singh B S Bajwa
Publish Date: 2009/09/15
Volume: 83, Issue: 8, Pages: 1147-1153
Abstract
Radium concentration and radon exhalation rate have been measured in soil samples collected from some areas belonging to upper Siwaliks of Kala Amb Nahan and Morni Hills of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh states India using LR115 type II plastic track detectors Uranium concentration has also been determined in these soil samples using fission track registration technique Radium concentration has been found to vary from 530 to 3171 Bqkg−1 whereas uranium concentration varies from 3321 to 7626 Bqkg−1 The radon exhalation rate in these samples varies from 21687 to 129800 mBqm−2hr−1 615 to 3680 mBqkg−1hr−1 Most of the samples have uranium concentration above the worldwide average concentration of 35 Bqkg−1 A good correlation R 2 = 076 has been observed between uranium concentration and radon exhalation rate in soil The values of uranium radium and radon exhalation rate in soil are compared with that from the adjoining areas of Punjab
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