TABLE 2

HASL RADIOCHEMICAL AND GAMMA-SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSES OF BIKINI ATOLL SOILS (a,b)
(poc/gm OF DRY SOIL)
Depth

Location

% Moisture

137

Cs

60

efe)

126 Sb

Bikini - Pit l,
Clearing Experiment Site.

O-1 in.
1-2 in.
2-3 in.

6
8
13

456+5
24546
233+2

<1.3
<1.8
2.54.5

2945
2845
16+3

bulk density =

4-5 in.

14

295244

1.2

5-6 in.

13

129+2

6-7

14

22.240.4

Approximate mean
gm/cc.

3-4 in.
in.

Lg -

Pit

5,

116+7

<4.0

99°

2648
29+8
1444

69
47
-

1826

-

1842

50+9

37+5

<30

B8+1

2643

10+4

-

1.340.2

1040.5

<2

-

14

14.14+0.5

.54.2

1440.7

<3+

-

8-9

15

8.2+.2

<.2

7.04.3

1.8+.7

-

—

74+?

<.6

7,441.3

7.2+2.5

-

-

251+5

3.441.9

26.144.2

23.747.0

-

in.

Sr

-

7-8 in.
6" Core r=10 ft
6" Core r=30 £t
Bikini -

14

+°8 Ru (c)

O-1

in.

36

1100+10

3843

LO0+10

65420

875

Field Location 7.
Approximate mean

1-2
2-3

in.
in.

35
24

177+2
34+1

4,6+.5
<.4

25+2
listl

943
342

575
135

bulk density =

3-83 in

22

3.6+0.1

.88+.03

~144.03

<.06

1.140.1

<.6

18.3

O-1 in.
1-2 in.

25
10

40+2
33.540.4

7.74.5
7,840.2

1041
8.94.6

4+2
<2.1

464
-

6-10

18

11+2

<.2

2.24.2

<.9

1.1 gm/cc.

Bikini - Pit 6,
Field Location 5.

Approximate mean
bulk density =

1.1 gm/cc.

84-11% in

2-6 in.

in

12

10

11+2

.8t.1

244.07.

2.2+,3

<.3

1.54.6

-

-

-

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