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SOME OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA RADIATION EMITTED BY A MINERAL SPRING IN JAMAICA
Author(s) -
VINCENZ S. A.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1959.tb01478.x
Subject(s) - radon , radiation , spring (device) , mineralogy , gamma ray , intensity (physics) , geology , environmental science , physics , nuclear physics , optics , thermodynamics
A bstract The decay rate of gamma radiation emitted by a Jamaican mineral spring was measured using portable rate meters. The results of these experiments, supported by auxiliary tests, suggested that the main radioelement causing the radioactivity was radon 222 . Fluctuations in the intensity of the radiation were studied in situ . An inverse relation between the intensity and the discharge rate of water was established and the effect of rainfall and of earthquakes was investigated. Some suggestions are made concerning the possible source of radon.