~ 54 top 6 inches of soil on the island proper.

A similar comparison for Ronge-

lap Island gives values for lagoon sand of 2/11 to 2/5 that of the land soil.
At Enibuk the soil and lagoon sand were essentially equal inlevels of radioactivity.
In sand profiles taken at Kabelle and Rongelap Islands the radioactivity
levels of samples taken in water depths of less than 25 feet were approximately 1 1/2 times those found in samples from 50 to 60 feet of water.

Bot-

tom samples obtainei from the anchor chain in 150 feet of water off Rongelap

Island and Mogiri Island (Ailinginae Atoll) contained from 0.7 to 1.2 times
as much radioactive contamination as was found on the islands proper.
Comparisons of the distribution of radioactivity in the top 6 inches of
soil and lagoon sand were made and are as follows.
Percent of
radioactivity
in top 3 inches

Island
Kabelle soil
Lagoon bottom off
Kabelle
Labaredj soil
Rongelap soil
Lagoon bottom off
Rongelap
Lagoon bottom off
Enibuk

Percent of
radioactivity
in 3 to 6
inches depth

97

3

57
97
89

43
3
11

55

45

42

58

Thus on land moat of the activity is concentrated in the top 3 inches whereas

under water it is distributed throughout the top 6 inches (Fig. 14 A).
Sand profiles from the lagoon off Kabelle Island under 6 and 60 feet of
water, from off Rongelap Island under 22 feet of water, and from the Enibuk
low tide line

were fractionated according to particle size as follows: greater

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