Radon in dead-end caves in Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985891%3A_____%2F22%3A00559872" target="_blank" >RIV/67985891:_____/22:00559872 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21340/22:00359695
Result on the web
<a href="https://caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v84/84_2_41.pdf" target="_blank" >https://caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v84/84_2_41.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4311/2021ES0101" target="_blank" >10.4311/2021ES0101</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Radon in dead-end caves in Europe
Original language description
We report the results of 3-years of Radon-222 monitoring in six show caves across Europe, selected with the feature of having only one, or no natural entrance, defined as dead-end caves. The caves are located in Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Czechia. The consecutive monitoring was performed between January 2017 and January 2020. Continuous measurements of the radon activity concentration using spectrometry detection and analysis of the ??-particles of 222Rn progeny were performed. Meteorological parameters influencing gas flow were recorded inside and outside of the caves. Although the radon activity concentrations differed from one cave to another, all six of the studied caves revealed very similar trends, showing evident seasonal variability with higher values in summer and lower values in winter. The measured values of radon activity concentrations ranged between 633 and 26,785 Bq/m3. The temperature differences between the inside and outside of the caves is the main radon movements driving force. The results of this study have significant practical implications, making it possible to provide cave administrators with recommendations regarding employee or visitor time-limited access to the investigated caves. Ours is the first comparative study encompassing the most interesting dead-end caves in Europe.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10402 - Inorganic and nuclear chemistry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
ISSN
1090-6924
e-ISSN
2331-3714
Volume of the periodical
84
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
41-50
UT code for WoS article
000830461400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85133701894