AVERAGE

LOCATION
oassy
Maiuro,

NUCLIDE

Marsneall
Islands
,

s

.

GAMMA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDE
SOME MICRONESIAN SOILS

ale

Majuro, Marshall

137

Cs

“

IL
v°K

Ponape,

Eastern

137.

Ponape,

Eastern

hoe

i

.

Islands

Carcline Islands
D

7

= +

Caroline Islands

Ponape, Eastern
ewe
were
Caroline Islands
Ponape,
E

Eastern

Caroline Islands
Truk,

:

Central

>

Caroline Islands
m4,
nent
Truk, Central
Caroline [slands

Truk, Central

(a)

Prey PAU
ACTIVITY
CONCENTRATION~ fa
) oR
INTEGRATED

AREAL

AT

7

i
pCi/s

pCi/s

cS

i

-)

< 0.22 pCi/g
1.81

L

PP

.

Th

,

.

m

om

9.17 py
5

Cs

woK

fom?

2.51 pCi/em

U

13%;

en

45

*

DEPOSITION

.
2
0.43 pCi/en

0.70

Cs

Truk, Central
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands

CONTENT OF

4

.71

.

pCi/cm

pci/

2

< 0.22 pCi/z

2.18 ppm

Th

5.62 ppm

Data derived from soil sample analyses by University of Washington
LRE, NVO-269-35(7), and Brookhaven National Laboratory (unpublishac
cata).

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