Indoor radon and well water radon in Virginia and Maryland

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 952-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Mose ◽  
George W. Mushrush ◽  
Charles Chrosniak
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1206
Author(s):  
Didier Sornette ◽  
Euan Mearns ◽  
Spencer Wheatley

We analyze a set of precursory data measured before but compiled in retrospect of the MS7.5 Haicheng earthquake in February 1975 and the MS7.6–7.8 Tangshan earthquake in July 1976. We propose a robust and simple coarse-graining method that aggregates and counts how all the anomalies together (levelling, geomagnetism, soil resistivity, earth currents, gravity, earth stress, well water radon, well water level) develop as a function of time. We demonstrate strong evidence for the existence of an acceleration of the number of anomalies leading up to the major Haicheng and Tangshan earthquakes. In particular for the Tangshan earthquake, the frequency of occurrence of anomalies is found to be well described by the log-periodic power law singularity (LPPLS) model, previously proposed for the prediction of engineering failures and later adapted to the prediction of financial crashes. Using a mock real-time prediction experiment and simulation study, based on this methodology of monitoring accelerated rates of physical anomalies measured at the surface, we show the potential for an early warning system with a lead time of a few days.


2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1647-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Mose ◽  
George W. Mushrush ◽  
Fiorella V. Simoni
Keyword(s):  

Author(s):  
Judith A. Murphy ◽  
Anthony Paparo ◽  
Richard Sparks

Fingernail clams (Muscu1ium transversum) are dominant bottom-dwelling animals in some waters of the midwest U.S. These organisms are key links in food chains leading from nutrients in water and mud to fish and ducks which are utilized by man. In the mid-1950’s, fingernail clams disappeared from a 100-mile section of the Illinois R., a tributary of the Mississippi R. Some factor(s) in the river and/or sediment currently prevent clams from recolonizing areas where they were formerly abundant. Recently, clams developed shell deformities and died without reproducing. The greatest mortality and highest incidence of shell deformities appeared in test chambers containing the highest proportion of river water to well water. The molluscan shell consists of CaCO3, and the tissue concerned in its secretion is the mantle. The source of the carbonate is probably from metabolic CO2 and the maintenance of ionized Ca concentration in the mantle is controlled by carbonic anhydrase. The Ca is stored in extracellular concentric spherical granules(0.6-5.5μm) which represent a large amount of inertCa in the mantle. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the role of raw river water and well water on shell formation in the fingernail clam.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Dini Yuliansari

The well is one of the source water used for bathing, washing, and drinking by the citizens in Jiken Hamlet, Rarang Village, Terara Sub-District. Poor dug well construction conditions can affect the amount of coliform bacteria contained in the dug well water. The purpose of this study is to identify the construction of dug wells and the content of coliform bacteria in dug well water and determine the relationship between dug well construction and the content of coliform bacteria. This research is analytic with a cross sectional study design. The results were obtained from 11 samples of dug wells which were observed in construction and the coliform content was known that all samples did not requirements as good dug well construction. Coliform content test results showed that as many as 5 dug well water samples did not pass the clean water quality standards. The results of data analysis with the chi-square test variable construction of dug wells with coliform content variable  showed 0,172 > 0,05, then the concluded is the dug well not suitable to use by people in that area as a source of water for daily needs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-jin Kim ◽  
Sang-su An ◽  
Min-cheol Cho ◽  
Se-il Park ◽  
Jong-min Kim ◽  
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