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Radon – in Northamptonshire?
Author(s) -
SUTHERLAND SHARMAN DIA GLENN
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.1996.00009.x
Subject(s) - radon , geology , radon gas , archaeology , uranium , mining engineering , geochemistry , hazard , geography , chemistry , physics , materials science , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
With the new BGS Radon Potential Map of Great Britain published,[Note 1. See Topics, this issue(‘Radon map of Great Britain: a ...] we focus on Northamptonshire, where reports in 1988 of finding the radioactive gas in houses sent shock waves through the local community – and aroused the interest of Leicester University geologists. With the help of local authorities, research has established the main source as the Northampton Sand Formation, at the base of which is a layer of phosphatic pebbles that are relatively rich in uranium. From more than 3000 field measurements over all rocks, a geologically defined Radon Hazard Map of the county has been compiled.