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HASL RADIOCHEMICAL AND GAMMA-SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSES OF BIKINI ATOLL SOILS

(a,b)

TABLE 2
(pc/gm OF DRY SOIL)

Location
Bikini - Pit

Depth
l,

O-1

in.

Clearing Experi-

1-2 in.

ment Site.

2-3

% Moisture
6

187 a5

S° a6

456+£5

<1.3

125 sh
29+5

1°SRu(c)

9°Sr

2648

69

8

24546

<1.8

28+5

2948

47

Approximate mean

in.

3-4 in.

13

23342

11647

2.54.5

<4.0

1643

50+9

1424

<30

-

bulk density =
1.2 gm/cc.

4-5 in.
5-6 in.
6-7 in.
7-8 in.

14
13
14
14

29524
129%2
22.2+0.4
14.140.5

18+2
841
1.340.2
.5+.2

3745
2643
1040.5
1440.7

18+6
LO+4
<2
<3+

-

8-9

15

in.

5,

-

8.24.2

<.2

7.04.3

1.84.7

-

6" Core r=10 ft.

-

74+2

<.6

7.441.3

7,242.5

-

6" Core -

-~

25145

3.44£1.9

26.144.2

23.7+47.0

-

re30 £t.

Bikini - Pit

14

in.

36

1100410

3843

LOO+L0

65420

875

Field Location 7.
Approximate mean

1-2 in.
2-3 in.

35
24

17722
3441

4.6+.5
<.4

2542
111

943
342

575
135

1.1 gm/cc.

8$-115 in.

1.2

.88+.03

<.06

.244.07

<.3

-

25
10

AQ+2
33.5t0.4

7.7+.5
7.8+40.2

1021
8.94.6

A+2
<2.1

10
18

1142
L1i+2

~ 84.1
<.2

2.24.3
2.24.2

1.54.6
<.9

bulk density =

Bikini - Pit 6,
Field Location 5.

Approximate mean
bulk density =

1.1 gm/cc.

O-1

3-82 in.
0-1
1-2

in.
in.

2-6 in.
6-10 in

22

3.6+0.1

.14+.03

1,140.1

<.6

18.3
464
-

-

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