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A METHOD STUDY OF RADON MEASUREMENTS IN SOIL GAS

AKE HESSELBOM
Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, S-75128 Uppsala (Sweden)

Radon as an environmental hazard has become a new field of work for

geophysicists and geologists in Sweden. Experience gained from uranium
exploration has proved to be useful in the search of buildings with increased
radon concentrations in the indoor atmosphere.
The source for the radon can be either building materials containing higher
than normal amounts of radioactive elements, or bedrock and/or drift cover
with relatively high concentrations of uranium.
The techniques for measuring radon concentrations in the ground or radon-
emanation from the ground are still not fully developed. The same applies to
the theory of transport of radon in the ground and into the buildings.
This paper will summarize the results of a study of different commercially
available techniques for measuring the radon soil-gas concentration and radon-
emanation from the ground.

INTERPRETATION OF VECTOR MAGNETIC DATA FROM BOREHOLES

SVEN-ERIK HJELT, AIM0 HATTULA and PERTTI TURUNEN

University of Oulu, Department of Geophysics, SF-90570 Oulu 57 (Finland)

Rautaruukki Oy, Exploration, PL 217 SF-901 01 Oulu 10 (Finland)
Geological Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 77, SF-961 01 Rovaniemi 10 (Finland)

An interactive routine interpretation system is described, where the measure-

ments consist of three-component magnetometer data. Interaction is provided
through the use of a graphic screen in combination with a HP 9845 desk-top
computer system. The present version uses combinations of two-dimensional
plates, the field of which is computed using Joseph’s demagnetization correc-
tion. Interpretation is performed by trial and error together with visual com-
parison of vector fields.
The effect of known magnetized bodies is easily subtracted from the
measured anomalous field, Visual examination of the residual fields enables
the interpreter to detect new, hidden magnetized objects. All systematic
errors are detected more easily this way.
The example describing the use of the interpretation system includes data
from the Otanmaki mine.