@article{article_623677, title={The Relationship between Soil Gas Radon Concentration Level and the Distance of Sampling Point to Akşehir Fault Zone}, journal={Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Arts and Science Journal of Science}, volume={14}, pages={402–407}, year={2019}, DOI={10.29233/sdufeffd.623677}, author={Gümüş, Ayla and Yalım, Hüseyin Ali}, keywords={Radon in soil gas,Distance to fault zone,Akşehir fault zone,Afyonkarahisar}, abstract={<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Radon is a </span> <span style="background:rgb(255,255,251);font-size:14px;">tasteless, odorless,
colorless </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">radioactive noble gas which is produced in the decay chain of
uranium existed in the rock layer. </span> <span style="background:rgb(255,255,251);font-size:14px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;">Since
radon is in the gas form, </span> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">it is more mobile than its parent radionuclides
which namely are uranium and radium. </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Therefore, radon can easily
escape soil and rocks through the pores between the soil granules, and the
openings in the rock, cracks, and fractures. Because of these characteristics,
changes in radon concentration levels are commonly used for seismological
purposes. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the
radon activity concentration in soil gas on Akşehir fault zone and the vertical
distance of the sampling points to the fault zone. For this purpose, </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">radon
activity concentrations were monthly determined at 10 sampling points during
six-month period. Although no significant correlation can be seen for all
sampling points at all, a correlation coefficient of 0.96 was obtained when
only the six of sampling points taken into account. </span> <br /> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Süleyman Demirel University}, organization={Afyon Kocatepe University}