A geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial modeling approach to assessing indoor radon potential at local level

Autor:	Igor Laćan, Jed M. Waldman, Joey Y. Zhou, Kai-Shen Liu
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Radiation Geographic information system business.industry Monte Carlo method chemistry.chemical_element Radon Models Theoretical Residential radon chemistry Air Pollutants Radioactive Geographic Information Systems Environmental science business Cartography
Zdroj:	Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 64:490-496
ISSN:	0969-8043
Popis:	This study integrates residential radon data from previous studies in Southern California (USA), into a geographic information system (GIS) linked with statistical techniques. A difference ( p 0.05 ) is found in the indoor radon in residences grouped by radon-potential zones. Using a novel Monte Carlo approach, we found that the mean distance from elevated-radon residences (concentration>74 Bq m−3) to epicenters of large (> 4 Richter) earthquakes was smaller ( p 0.0001 ) than the average residence-to-epicenter distance, suggesting an association between the elevated indoor-radon and seismic activities.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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