Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

Kód výsledku v 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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/68407700:21340/22:00359695

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Radon in dead-end caves in Europe

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10402 - Inorganic and nuclear chemistry

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

ISSN

1090-6924

e-ISSN

2331-3714

Svazek periodika

84

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

41-50

Kód UT WoS článku

000830461400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85133701894