Sr99 SOIL CONCENTRATION, MC/SQ MILE

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ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

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LIMA, PERU

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ALGIERS, ALGERIA
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@ ANKARA, TURKEY
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4.0

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50

55

60

ANNUAL RAINFALL, IN.

Fig. 13-——Sr™ soil concentration vs. annual rainfall.

, Eastern Mediterranean area, February

1955; ----, South America, January 1956.

Fig. 14—Sr®™ in U.S. soil (HASL, Oct. 8, 1956) (HCl extraction method). Numbers arein
millicuries per square mile at individual site.

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