Table 16,
Enewetak soil data, southern istands (pCi/g in top 15 cm),
505).
Mean
Range
0.41
0.52
137 O,
2395,
Mean.
Range
Mean
0,.02-4,8
0.21
0.01-2.1
0.04
0.03-3.9
0.14
80 ny
Range
Mean
Range
Group A
(DAVID,
ELMER,
FRED)
.
0.004-0.31 0.03
0.01-0,15
0.004-1.8 0.07
0.004-1.1
0.06
0.007-63
0.5-10
0.02-2.0
0.58
0,.04~-5,0
Group B
(All others
except
-
LEROY)*
- Group C
(LEROY)
11
1,6-34
3.2
s
0.63
the northeastern end, took place during
tated northeast corner.
the weapons -testing period,
activities resulted:
Radio-
tive homogeneity is also supported by the
995,
STE.
239py
within the island's interior, follow the
general rule of a rapid decrease in activity within the first few centimeters of the
.
69C5
123
48
26
10
14~670
14170
7.2~130
3.1-30
Areas of sparse vegetation
90se
homogeneous (as demonstrated at Location 100),
Range
137,
Profile samples collected at
239 by
60 Co
Locations 23 and 25, which are onor
near the beaches, display essentially
-
44
" 35~130
11
5,8-26
2.4-9.6
8.6
4.6
3.3744
———
homogeneous activity distributions,
1 Oe EN LALO Oeei ag reeds toler on
obtained from Locations 24, 26, and 100
and then level off to become almost
Mean
Areas of dense vegetation
The activities as a function of depth,
surface (relaxation lengths of 3-5 em)
Activity, pCi/g
nuclide
results of the aerial survey.
oi
This rela-
The following
row tat ae
"SAM, TOM, URIAH, VAN, ALVIN, BRUCE, CLYDE, REX, WALT, GLENN,
HENRY, IRWIN, JAMES and KEITH.
BELLE—As clearly indicated by
samples from the northeast corner are
the photographs, this island is so heavily
roughly a factor of three smaller than
vegetated that it was almost impossible
those from the remainder of the island.
to penetrate.
Since only a few samples were collected
The only exception isthe
northeast corner of the island, which is
within the corner area,’ the factor of
relatively open with sparse vegetation,
three may or may not reflect the true
Most of the soil samples were collected
difference in the mean values.
within the densely vegetated areas, with
acrial survey results do not reflect this
a few obtained within the sparsely vege-
differences
-100-
The
ce te nee getee me
The mean activities exhibited by the