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. 2014;301(3):757-764.
doi: 10.1007/s10967-014-3215-x. Epub 2014 Jun 8.

222Rn and 226Ra activity concentrations in groundwaters of southern Poland: new data and selected genetic relations

Tadeusz A Przylibski  1 , Joanna Gorecka  1 , Agata Kula  1 , Lidia Fijałkowska-Lichwa  1 , Katarzyna Zagożdżon  1 , Paweł Zagożdżon  1 , Wojciech Miśta  2 , Robert Nowakowski  2
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222Rn and 226Ra activity concentrations in groundwaters of southern Poland: new data and selected genetic relations

Tadeusz A Przylibski et al. J Radioanal Nucl Chem. 2014.

Abstract

Since 2008, the authors have been conducting research into 222Rn and 226Ra activity concentrations in shallow circulation groundwaters in southern Poland. Measurements have been performed with a liquid-scintillation method and ultra low-level liquid-scintillation spectrometers α/β Quantulus 1220. The research carried out so far has demonstrated that in the Sudetes groundwaters with high activity concentrations of 222Rn and 226Ra are common. In other studied areas in southern Poland no shallow circulation groundwaters with high radon or radium concentrations have been found yet. The conducted research has demonstrated that the activity concentration of 222Rn dissolved in shallow circulation groundwaters in the Sudetes depends chiefly on the amount of radon, which after being released as gas from reservoir rocks is dissolved in waters flowing through these rocks. At the same time, the concentration of 222Rn dissolved in some shallow circulation groundwaters in the Carpathians is influenced significantly by the amount of radon produced from the decay of its parent ion 226Ra2+ dissolved in these waters.

Keywords: Groundwater; Liquid-scintillation spectrometry; Radium; Radon; Radon water.

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Location of the authors’ research areas, i.e. the Sudetes, the Carpathians and Roztocze, against a simplified geological map of Poland
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Correlation between 222Rn and 226Ra activity concentrations in shallow circulation groundwaters of the Sudetes
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Correlation between 222Rn and 226Ra activity concentrations in shallow circulation groundwaters of the Carpathians
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