- 55 32-4

yC/KG
Is TOP
INCH
0
Pigure 14 A.

SECOND
INCH

THIRD
INCH

FOURTH
INCH

SAND PROFILE

FIFTH
INCH

SIXTH
INCH

SEVENTH
INCH

EIGHTH
INCH

INCREMENTS

Radioactivity in eight increments of a sand proflle

taken in Rongelap lagoon off Kabelle island under six feet of water.

20
'
YC /KG
10
5
0 DHORT

—
HHOKT

——
HAMS

B56

BIS

BHMT

BHP

BIS
BIS
BIS
PARTICLE SIZE IN MM

4
.989~-1.651
147-589
074-147
<.074

LeBTO
ESRES
LEBTG
SRS
REET
SORTS
DteY
“ORY
Org
Ors
Ore
one Y
BOMRST

BIS

Figure 14 B. Specific radioactivity in five different particle
size fractions for each of the soil profile increments shown in

Pigure 14 A.

Figure 14 C.

=
165!
589-1651
147-589
074-147
O74

074

165!

589-165
147-589
074-147

>
=
074

on.

165!

Oke
B25

589-1651
197-589
074 -147

DHOW Ss

BORTS

074- 147
074

0

165!

sx

147-589

S 10

074-14
O74

5
— 20

(6m
.589-1.651

>70
5 60
g
40

—

The highest radioactivity levels are in the smallest
particle size fraction in each increment.

The percent of the total radioactivity in each incre-

ment contributed by the different particle size fractions of that
increment.
The percent contributed by the two finer fractions
increases with depth down to the eighth inch.

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