Geologic causes of natural radionuclide anomalies : proceedings of the GEORAD Conference, April 21-22, 1987, St. Louis, Missouri / edited by Mark A. Marikos and Robert H. Hansman

Conference Author: GEORAD Conference, (1987 : St. Louis, Missouri)
Published: Rolla, MO : Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, 1988.
Physical Description: vi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators: Marikos, Mark A., Missouri. Division of Geology and Land Survey, and Geological Survey (U.S.)

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Special publication (Missouri. Division of Geology and Land Survey) ; 4.

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Some factors influencing the distribution of radionuclides in nature - an introduction / Mark Alan Marikos -- Radioactive hhp (high heat production) granites in the precambrian terrane of southeastern Missouri / Eva B. Kisvarsanyi -- Geological variation of radon sources and indoor radon along the south-western edge of the Canadian Shield / Daniel J. Steck -- Radionuclides in Pennsylvanian black shales of the midwestern United States / Raymond M. Coveney et al. -- The geologic setting of a surficial uranium deposit, northeastern Washington / R.A. Zielinski et al. -- Geology and uranium distribution in the Fish Lake surficial uranium deposit, Nevada / David L. Macke et al. -- Radionuclide distributions in the natural environment in Kansas - a review of existing data / Pieter Berendsen et al. -- Distribution of radionuclides in Missouri geologic terranes: a summary of available data and the need for more data / Laurence M. Nuelle -- Correlation between geology, radon in soil gas, and indoor radon in the reading prong / L. C. S. Gundersen et al. -- Anomalous Mississippi Valley leads: another suggestion / Timothy M. Millen et al. -- Geomorphic and geochemical enhancement of radon emission in middle Tennessee / A. L. Reesman -- and Progress in measurements of sorption of radon on porous materials and implications for the release of radon at the earth's surface / Stephen D. Schery and Stewart Whittlestone -- Measurement of radon availability from soil / Allan B. Tanner -- Groundwater geochemistry and radon-222 distribution in two sites on the reading prong, Eastern Pennsylvanian / Richard B. Wanty and Linda C. S. Gundersen -- Regional aerial gamma-ray maps for Illinois and parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and Kentucky / Joseph S. Duval and William J. Jones -- Geologic assessments of radon hazards: a Colorado case history / James K. Otton et al. -- Hydrocarbon distribution patterns over uranium deposits - implications for surface-petroleum geochemical prospecting techniques / James L. Fisher -- Radionuclide anomalies in geologic exploration / William L. Mansker -- An initial identification of areas with a potential for high indoor radon levels / R. Thomas Peake and Susan M. Rush -- A challenge for geoscientists: can we learn to make the elephant move / Lorraine H. Filipek.

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