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Current Topics in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Units arranged [P/D/F] · Undergraduate

Lecture, laboratory, or field work in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences. Consult with department Education Office.

January IAP 2010 · Basics of Analysis with Antineutrinos from Heat Producing Elements - K, U, Th in the Earth

This course covers the following questions. What are the predominant heat producing elements of the Earth? Where and how much are they? Are they present in the core of the Earth? Detection of antineutrinos generated in the Earth provides: 1) information on the sources of the terrestrial heat, 2) direct test of the Bulk Silicate Earth (BSE) model and 3) testing of non-conventional models of Earth's core. Use of antineutrinos to probe the deep interior of our planet is becoming practical due to recent fundamental advances in the antineutrino detectors.

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January IAP 2008 · Basics of Impact Cratering & Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, Environmental Studies of Some Impact Craters of the Earth

There are now about 170 identified impact craters on the Earth, and this number is growing, ever since the well known discovery of Meteor Crater in 1920s. Currently, multi-interdisciplinary research studies of impact structures are getting conducted in fields like mineralogy, petrology, environmental geology, and marine biology. The course objectives are to introduce basic principles of impact cratering, understand the application of analytical tools, and become familiar with geological, geochemical and environmental studies. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period ({{% resource_link "1ebfb30d-aa82-4201-a724-26e1bb15f4aa" "IAP" %}}), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

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  • Chapman, C. R., and D. Morrison. Cosmic Catastrophes. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1989, p. 302. ISBN: 9780306431630.
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  • French, B. M. Traces of Catastrophe. Houston, TX: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1998, p. 120. (LPI Contribution No. 954.)
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  • Gehrels, T., ed. Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids . Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1994, p. 1300. ISBN: 9780816515059.
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  • Grieve, R. A. F. “Impact Cratering on the Earth.” Scientific American 262 (1990): 66-73.
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  • Hildebrand, A. R. “The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Impact (or the Dinosaurs Didn’t Have a Chance).” Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 87 (1993): 77-118.
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  • Kelley, S. “The Geochronology of Large Igneous Provinces, Terrestrial Impact Craters, and Their Relationship to Mass Extinctions on Earth.” Journal of the Geological Society, London 164 (2007): 923-936.
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  • Melosh, H. J. Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780195042849.
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  • Pilkington, M. and R. A. F. Grieve. “The Geophysical Signature of Terrestrial Impact Craters.” Reviews of Geophysics 30 (May 1992): 161-181.
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  • Roth, E., B. Poty, and M-T. Menager, eds. Nuclear Methods of Dating. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1989, p. 600. ISBN: 9780792301882.
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  • Abramov, O., and D. A. Kring. “Numerical Modeling of Impact-induced Hydrothermal Activity at the Chicxulub Crater.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 42 (2007): 93-112.
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  • Alegret, L., I. Arenillas, J. A. Arz, C. Di’az, J. M. Grajales-Nishimura, A. Mele’ndez, E. Molina, R. Rojas, and A. R. Soria. “Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary Deposits at Loma Capiro, Central Cuba: Evidence for the Chicxulub Impact.” Geology 33, no. 9 (September 2005): 721-724.
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  • Alvarez, L. W., W. Alvarez, F. Asaro, and H. V. Michel. “Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous/Tertiary Extinction.” Science 208 (1980): 1095-1008.
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  • Dressler, B. O., R. A. F. Grieve, and V. L. Sharpton, eds. Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution . Geological Society of America Special Paper 293, 1994, p. 348. ISBN: 9780813722931.
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  • French, B. M., and N. M. Short, eds. Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials. Baltimore, MD: Mono Book Corp., 1968, p. 644.
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  • Grajales-Nishimura, J. M., E. Cedillo-Pardo, C. Rosales-Domínguez, D. J. Morán-Zenteno, W. Alvarez, P. Claeys, J. Ruíz-Morales, P. Padilla-Avila, A. Sánchez-Ríos. “Chicxulub Impact: The Origin of Reservoir and Seal Facies in the Southeastern Mexico Oil Fields.” Geology 28, no. 4 (April 2000): 307-310.
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  • Grieve, R. A. F. “Terrestrial Impact Structures.” Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science 15 (1987): 245-270.
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  • Hildebrand, A. R., and G. T. Penfield. “A Buried 180-km Diameter Probable Impact Crater on the Yucatan Peninsula.” Mexico, Eos 71 (1990): 1424-1425.
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  • Kring, D. A. “The Dimensions of the Chicxulub Impact Crater and Impact Melt Sheet.” Journal of Geophysical Research 100, no. E8 (August 1995): 16 and 979-986.
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  • ———. “The Chicxulub Impact Event and Its Environmental Consequences at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary (in Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary Events).” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 255, no. 1/2 (November 2007): 4-21.
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  • Melosh, H. J. Impact Cratering: A Geological Process. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 245. ISBN: 9780195042849.
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  • ———. “Atmospheric impact processes.” Advances in Space Research 11, no. 6 (1991): 87-93.
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  • Morgan, J., and M. Warner. “Chicxulub: The Third Dimension of a Multi-ring Impact Basin.” Geology 27, no. 5 (May 1999): 407-410.
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  • Morgan, J., G. Christeson, S. Gulick, Grieve Richard, J. Urrutia, P. Barton, M. Rebolledo, and J. Melosh. “Joint IODP/ICDP Scientific Drilling of the Chicxulub Impact Crater.” Scientific Drilling , no. 4 (March 2007): 42-44.
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  • Perry, E., Luis Marin, J. McClain, and G. Vela’zquez. “Ring of Cenotes (Sinkholes), Northwest Yucatan, Mexico: Its Hydrogeologic Characteristics and Possible Association with the Chicxulub Impact Crater.” Geology 23, no. 1 (January 1995): 17-20.
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  • Pope, K. O., E. Rejmankova, and J. F. Paris. “Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) Observations of Groundwater Discharge and Wetlands Associated with the Chicxulub Impact Crater, Northwestern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.” GSA Bulletin 113, no. 3 (March 2001): 403-416.
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  • Pope, K. O., A. C. Ocampo, A. G. Fischer, W. Walter Alvarez, B. W. Fouke, C. L. Webster, F. J. Vega, J. Smit, E. A. Fritsche, and P. Claeys. “Chicxulub Impact Ejecta from Albion Island, Belize.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 170, no. 4 (July 1999): 351-364.
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  • Roddy, D. J., R. O. Pepin, and R. B. Merrill, eds. Impact and Explosion Cratering: Planetary and Terrestrial Implications. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1977, p. 1301. ISBN: 9780080220505.
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  • Sharpton, V. L., and P. D. Ward, eds. Global Catastrophes in Earth History: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 1991, pp. 247 and 631. ISBN: 9780813722474.
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  • Sharpton, V. L., G. B. Dalrymple, L. E. Marín, G. Ryder, B. C. Schuraytz, and J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi. “New Links between the Chicxulub Impact Structure and the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary.” Nature 359 (1992): 819-821.
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  • Tagle, R., J. Erzinger, L. Hecht, R. T. Schmitt, D. Stoffler, and P. Claeys. “Platinum Group Elements in Impactites of the ICDP Chicxulub Drill Core Yaxcopoil-1: Are There Traces of the Projectile?” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, no. 6 (2004): 1009-1016.
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  • Tuchscherer, M. G., W. U. Reimold, R. L. Gibson, and C. Koeberl. “Petrographic Observations and Classification: Impactites from the Yaxcopoil-1 Borehole, Chicxulub Impact Structure, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.” Lunar and Planetary Science (2003).
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  • ———. “Geochemical Characteristics of Impactites from the Yaxcopoil-1 ICDP Drip Core, Chicxulub Impact Structure, Mexico.” Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV (2004).
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  • Sharpton V. L., K. Burke, A. Camargo-Zanoguera, S. A. Hall, D. S. Lee, L. E. Marín, G. Suáarez-Reynoso, J. M. Quezada-Muñeton, P. D. Spudis, and J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi. “Chicxulub Multiring Impact Basin: Size and Other Characteristics Derived from Gravity Analysis.” Science 261 (1993): 1564-1567.
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  • Sharpton, V. L. “Chicxulub Impact Crater Provides Clues to Earth’s History.” Earth in Space 8, no. 4 (December 1995): 7.
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  • Silver, L. T., and P. H. Schultz, eds. “Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth: An Intimate History_._” Geological Society of America Special Paper 190, 1982, p. 128. ISBN: 9780375706202.
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  • Vermeesch, P. M., and J. V. Morgan. “Chicxulub Central Crater Structure: Initial Results from Physical Property Measurements and Combined Velocity and Gravity Modeling.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, no. 7 (July 2004): 1019-1034.
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  • Wittmann, A., T. Kenkmann, L. Hecht, and D. Stöffler. “Reconstruction of the Chicxulub Ejecta Plume from its Deposits in Drill Core Yaxcopoil-1.” GSA Bulletin 119, no. 9/10 (September/October 2007): 1151-1167.
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  • Dypvik, H., S. T. Gudlaugsson, F. Tsikalas, M. Attrep, Jr., R. E. Ferrell, Jr., D. H. Krinsley, A. Mørk, J. I. Faleide, and J. Nagy. “Mjølnir Structure: An Impact Crater in the Barents Sea.” Geology 24, no. 9 (September 1996): 779-782.
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  • Dypvik, H., and M. Moses Attrep. “Geochemical Signals of the Late Jurassic, Marine Mjolnir Impact.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 34, no. 3 (May 1999): 393-406.
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  • Dypvik, H., R. E. Ferrell, and P. T. Sandbakken. “The Clay Mineralogy of Sediments Related to the Marine Mjolnir Impact Crater.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38, no. 10 (October 2003): 1437-1450.
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  • Dypvik, H., P. T. Sandbakken, G. Postma, and A. Atle Mork. “Early Post-impact Sedimentation Around the Central High of the Mjolnir Impact Crater (Barents Sea, Late Jurassic).” Sedimentary Geology 168, no. 3/4 (June 2004): 227-247.
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  • Dypvik, H., M. Smelror, P. T. Sandbakken, E. Salvigsen, and E. Kalleson. “Traces of the Marine Mjølnir Impact Event.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 241 (2006): 621-636.
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  • Gudlaugsson, S. T., “Large Impact Crater in the Barents Sea.” Geology 21 (April 1993): 291-294.
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  • Ormo, J., and M. Lindstrom. “When a Cosmic Impact Strikes the Sea Bed.” Geol Mag 137, no. 1 (2000): 67-80.
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  • Shuvalov, V., and H. Dypvik. “Ejecta Formation and Crater Development of the Mjolnir Impact.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, no. 3 (March 2004): 467-479.
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  • Tsikalas, F., S. T. Gudlaugsson, and J. I. Faleide. “Collapse, Infilling, and Post-impact Deformation at the Mjølnir Impact Structure, Barents Sea.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 110 (1998): 537-552.
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  • Tsikalas, F., S. T. Gudlaugsson, O. Eldholm, and J. I. Faleide. “1998, Integrated Geophysical Analysis Supporting the Impact Origin of the Mjølnir Structure, Barents Sea.” Tectonophysics 289 (1998): 257-280.
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  • Tsikalas, F. “Mjolnir Crater as a Result of Oblique Impact: Asymmetry Evidence Constrains Impact Direction and Angle” In Impact Tectonics, Impact Studies . Edited by C. Koeberl and H. Herbert. Springer Verlag, Berlin, p. 285-306, 2005. ISBN: 9783540241817.
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  • Ames, D. E., D. H. Watkinson, and R. R. Parrish. “Dating of a Regional Hydrothermal System Induced by the 1850 Ma Sudbury Impact Event.” Geology 26, no. 5 (May 1998): 447-450.
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  • Dutch, S. I. “Significance of Back-to-Back Facing Directions along the South Range of the Sudbury Igneous Complex.” Ontario, Geological Society of America National Meeting, Boston, MA, November 7, 2001.
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  • French, B. M., and N. M. Short, eds. “Sudbury Structure, Ontario: Some Petrographic Evidence For an Origin by Meteorite Impact.” In Shock Metamorphism of Natural Materials, Proceedings of the First Conference Held at NASA, Goddard Flight Center, Maryland, 1966. Baltimore, MD: Mono Book Corp., 1968, pp. 383-412. (Library of Congress Catalog No. 68-59422.)
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  • Mungall, J. E., D. E. Ames, and J. J. Hanley. “Geochemical Evidence from the Sudbury Structure for Crustal Redistribution by Large Bolide Impacts.” Nature 429 (3 June 2004): 546-548.
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  • Naldrett, A. J. “From Impact to Riches: Evolution of Geological Understanding as Seen at Sudbury, Canada.” GSA Today 13, no. 2 (February 2003): 4-9.
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  • Pope, K. O., S. W. Kieffer, and D. E. Ames. “Empirical and Theoretical Comparisons of the Chicxulub and Sudbury Impact Structures.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39, no. 1 (January 2004): 97-116.
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  • Zieg, M. J., and B. D. Marsh. “The Sudbury Igneous Complex: Viscous Emulsion Differentiation of a Superheated Impact Melt Sheet.” GSA Bulletin 117, no. 11/12 (November/December 2005): 1427-1450.
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  • Grieve, R., and A. Ann Therriault. “Vredefort, Sudbury, Chicxulub; Three of a Kind?” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 28 (2000): 305-338.
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  • McCarthy, T. S., I. G. Stanistreet, and L. J. Robb. “Geological Studies Related to the Origin of the Witwatersrand Basin and Its Mineralization: An Introduction and a Strategy for Research and Exploration.” S Afr J of Geol 93 (1990): 1-4.
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  • Moser, D. “Dating the Shock Wave and Thermal Imprint of the Giant Vredefort Impact, South Africa.” Geology 25, no. 1 (January 1997): 7-10.
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  • Muundjua, M., R. J. Hart, S. A. Gilder, L. Carporzen, and A. Galdeano. “Magnetic Imaging of the Vredefort Impact Crater, South Africa.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261 (2007) 456-468.
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  • Spray, J. G., S. P. Kelley, and W. U. Reimold. “Laser Probe Argon-40/Argon-39 Dating of Coesite- and Stishovite-bearing Pseudotachylytes and the Age of the Vredefort Impact Event.” Meteoritics 30 (1995): 335-343.
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  • Therriault, A. M., R. A. F. Grieve, and W. U. Reimold. “Original Size of the Vredefort Structure: Implications for the Geological Evolution of the Witwatersrand Basin.” Meteoritics Planet Sci 32 (1997): 71-77.
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  • Amsden, A. A., H. M. Ruppel, and C. W. Hirt. “SALE: A Simplified ALE Computer Program For Fluid Flow at All Speeds.” Los Alamos National Laboratories LA-8095, 1980, p. 101.
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  • Anderson, C. E., Jr. “An Overview of the Theory of Hydrocodes.” International Journal of Impact Engineering 5 (1987): 33-59.
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  • Collins, G. S., H. J. Melosh, and Robert A. Marcus. “Earth Impact Effects Program: A Web-based Computer Program for Calculating the Regional Environmental Consequences of a Meteoroid Impact on Earth.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, no. 6 (2005): 817-840.
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  • Dean, J. R. Practical Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy . Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2005. ASIN: B000PY4IMM.
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  • Debertin, K., and R. G. Helmer. Gamma and X-ray Spectrometry with Semiconductor Detectors . New York, NY: North Holland, 1988. ISBN: 9780444871077.
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  • Deutsch, A. “Isotope Systematics Support the Impact Origin of the Sudbury Structure (Ontario, Canada).” Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, GSA Special Paper, 1994, pp. 293, and 348. ISBN 9780966586930.
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  • Gazes, J., ed. Ewing’s Analytical Instrumentation Handbook . 3rd ed. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, c 2005.
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  • French, B. M. Traces of Catastrophe. Houston, Tx: Lunar and Planetary Institute, LPI Contribution no. 954, 1998, p. 120.
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  • Gault D. E. “Impact Cratering.” In A Primer in Lunar Geology . Edited by R. Greeley and P. H. Shultz. Moffett Field, CA: NASA Ames Research Center, 1974, pp. 137-175.
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  • Glass, B. J., S. Domville, and P. Lee. “Further Geophysical Studies of the Haughton Impact Structure.” Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI (2005). ( PDF ) ↗
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  • Grieve, R. A. F., and M. J. Cintala. “An Analysis of Differential Impact Melt-crater Scaling and Implications for the Terrestrial Impact Record.” Meteoritics 27 (1992): 526-538.
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  • Grieve, R. A. F., and L. J. Pesonen. “The Terrestrial Impact Cratering Record.” Tectonophysics 216 (1992): 1-30.
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  • Holsapple, and Schmidt. “Point Source Solutions and Coupling Parameters in Cratering Mechanics.” Journal of Geophysical Research 92 (1987): 6350-6376.
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  • Ila, P., and P. Jagam. “Multielement Analysis of Food Spices by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis.” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 57 (1980): 205-210.
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  • Jagam, P., and G. K. Muecke. “Instrumentation in Neutron Activation Analysis.” Chapter IV in Mineralogical Association of Canada. Edited by G. K. Muecke. Short Course in Neutron Activation Analysis in the Geosciences, Halifax, CA, May 1980, pp. 73-108.
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  • Keary, P., and M. Brooks. Introduction to Geophysical Exploration . 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1991. ISBN 9780632029235.
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  • Knoll, G. F. Radiation Detection and Measurements . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. ISBN: 9780471495451.
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  • Koeberl, C. “Impact Cratering: The Mineralogical and Geochemical Evidence.” In proceedings “The Ames Structure and Similar Features.” Vol. 100. Edited by K. Johnson and J. Campbell, Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 1997, pp. 30-54.
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  • Lowrie, W. Fundamentals of Geophysics . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, October 13, 1997. ISBN: 9780521467285.
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  • Lundborg, N. “Strength of Rock-like Materials.” Int J Rock Mech Min Sci 5 (1968): 427-454.
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  • Mark, K. Meteorite Craters . Arizona, USA: The University of Arizona Press, 1987, p. 288. ISBN: 9780816509027.
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  • Melosh, H. J. “Cratering Mechanics - Observational, Experimental, and Theoretical.” The Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 8 (1980): 626.
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  • ———. “Impact Cratering Mechanics: Relationship between the Shock Wave and Excavation Flow.” Icarus 62 (1985): 339-343.
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  • ———. Impact Cratering . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 245. ISBN: 0195042840.
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  • Middleton, G. V., and P. R. Wilcox. Mechanics in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 459. ISBN: 9780521446693.
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  • Montigny, R. “The Conventional Potassium-Argon Method.” In Nuclear Methods of Dating . Edited by E. Roth and B. Poty. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990. ISBN: 9780792301882.
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  • Morrison, R. H. Simulation of Meteoroid Velocity Impact by use of Dense Projectiles . NASA Technical Note TN - D5734, April 1970.
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  • Nininger, H. H. Ask a Question About Meteorites . Amer Meteorite Lab, 1961, p. 87. ISBN: 9780910096034.
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  • Norman, M. D. “Sudbury Igneous Complex: Impact Melt or Endogenous Magma? Implications for Lunar Crustal Evolution.” Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution . GSA Special Paper, 1994, pp. 293, and 348. ISBN: 096658693X.
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  • O’Keefe, J. D., and T. J. Ahrens. “Impact-Induced Melting of Planetary Surfaces.” Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. GSA Special Paper 293, 1994, p. 348. ISBN: 096658693X.
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  • Pierazzo, E., and G. Collins. “A Brief Introduction to Hydrocode Modeling of Impact Cratering.” In Cratering in Marine Environments and on Ice . Edited by D. Dypvik, M. Burchell, P. Claeys. New York, NY: Springer, pp. 323-340. ISBN: 9783540406686.
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  • Pierazzo, E., and Melosh H. J. “Hydrocode Modeling of Oblique Impacts: The Fate of the Projectile.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 35 (2000a): 117-130.
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  • ———. “Melt Production in Oblique Impacts.” Icarus 145 (2000b): 252-261.
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  • ———. “Understanding Oblique Impacts from Experiments, Observations, and Modeling.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 28 (2000c): 141-167.
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  • Potts, P. J. A Handbook of Silicate Rock Analysis. New York, NY: Blackie, Chapman and Hall, 1987. ISBN: 9780412008818.
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  • Reid, A. B. “Aeromagnetic Survey Design.” Geophysics 45, no.5 (May 1980): 973-976.
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  • Schmidt, R. M., and K. R. Housen. “Some Recent Advances in the Scaling of Impact and Explosion Cratering.” International Journal of Impact Engineering 5 (1987): 543-560.
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  • Schuraytz, B. C., V. L. Sharpton, and L. E. Marin. “Petrology of Impact-melt Rocks, at Chicxulub Multiring Basin, Yucatan, Mexico.” Geology 22 (1994): 868-872. NASA-CR-203591.
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  • Skoog, D. A., D. M. West, F. J. Holler. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry . 6th ed. New York, NY: Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publisher, 1992. ISBN: 9780030749223.
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  • Stoffler, D., and A. Deutsch. “The Formation of the Sudbury Structure, Canada: Toward a Unified Impact Model.” Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. GSA Special Paper 293, 1994, p. 348. ISBN: 096658693X.
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  • Artemieva, N. A. “Tektite Origin in Oblique Impacts: Numerical Modeling of the Initial Stage.” In Impacts in Precambrian Shields . Edited by J. Plado and Pesonen L. J. Berlin: Springer, 2003, pp. 257-276. ISBN: 9783540435174.
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  • Biella, G., A. Lozej, and I. Tabacco. “Experimental Study of Some Hydrogeophysical Properties of Unconsolidated Porous Media.” Ground Water 21, no. 6 (1983): 741-751.
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  • De Verteuil, L., and N. Geoffrey. Miocene Dinoflagellate Stratigraphy and Systematics of Maryland and Virginia: Micropaleontology . Vol. 42, supplement, 1996, p. 172. ASIN B0006QIF3C.
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  • Deutsch, A., and C. Koeberl. “Establishing the Link Between the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure and the North American Tektite Strewn Field: The Sr-Nd Isotopic Evidence.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science 41, no. 5 (2006): 689-703.
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  • Edwards L. E., J. W. Horton, Jr., and G. S. Gohn. “ICDP-USGS Workshop on Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA: Proceedings volume.” Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey, open-file report 2004-1016, CD-ROM.
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  • Emry, S. R., and B. Miller. “Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure - 35 Million Years After - and Still Making An Impact.” In Edwards, L. E., Horton, J. W., Jr., and Gohn, G. S., 2004, ICDP-USGS Workshop on Deep Drilling in the Central Crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA, September 22-24, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1016, CD-ROM.
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  • Horn P., D. M¸ller-Sohnius, H. Kˆhler, and G. Graup. “Rb-Sr Systematics of Rocks Related to the Ries Crater, Germany.” Earth and Planetary Science Letter 75 (1985): 384-392.
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  • Glass B. P. “North American Tektite Debris and Impact Ejecta from DSDP Site 612.” Meteoritics 24 (1989): 209-218.
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  • ———. “Tektites and Microtektites: Key Facts and Interferences.” Tectonophysics 171 (1990): 393-404.
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  • Hearst, J. R., P. H. Nelson, and F. L. Paillet. Well Logging for Physical Properties. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2000, p. 483. ISBN: 9780471963059.
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  • Horton, J. W., Jr., G. S. Gohn, J. C. Jackson, J. N. Aleinikoff, W. E. Sanford, L. E. Edwards, and D. S. Powars. Results from a Scientific Test Hole in the Central Uplift, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA [Abstract]: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXVI, Abstract 2003, 2005c, p. 2.
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  • Koeberl C. “Tektite Origin by Hypervelocity Asteroidal or Cometary Impact: Target Rocks, Source Craters, and Mechanisms.” In Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution . Edited by B. O. Dressler, R. A. F. Grieve, and V. L. Sharpton. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, 1994, pp. 133-151.
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  • Kettrup B., A. Deutsch, and V. L. Masaitis. “Homogeneous Impact Melts Produced by a Heterogeneous Target? Sr-Nd Isotopic Evidence from the Popigai Crater, Russia.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67 (2003): 733-750.
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  • McFarland, E. R., and T. S. Bruce. “Distribution, Origin, and Resource-Management Implications of Ground-Water Salinity Along the Western Margin of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure in Eastern Virginia.” In Studies of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure - The USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and Related Coreholes and Geophysical Surveys: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1688. Edited by J. W. Horton, Jr., D. S. Powars, and G. S. Gohn. 2005, pp. K1-K32.
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  • Montanari, A., and C. Koeberl. Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000, p. 364. ASIN: B000PC0VOS.
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  • Paillet, F. L., and C. H. Cheng. Acoustic Waves in Boreholes. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991, p. 264. ISBN: 978-0849388903.
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  • Poag, C. W., C. Koeberl, and W. U. Reimold. The Chesapeake Bay Crater: Geology and Geophysics of a Late Eocene Submarine Impact Structure (Impact Studies Series). Vol. XV. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003, p. 522, CD-ROM. ISBN: 9783540404415. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805260430.
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  • Powars, D. S., and T. S. Bruce. The Effects of the ChesapeakeBay Impact Crater on the Geological Framework and Correlation of Hydrogeologic Units of the Lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1612, 1999, p. 82.
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  • Powars, D. S. The Effects of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater on the Geological Framework and Correlation of Hydrogeologic Units of Southeastern Virginia, South of the James River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 622, 2000, p. 53.
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  • Powars, D. S., T. S. Bruce, L. M. Bybell, T. M. Cronin, L. E. Edwards, N. O. Frederiksen, G. S. Gohn, J. W. Horton, Jr., G. A. Izett, G. H. Johnson, J. S. Levine, E. R. McFarland, C. W. Poag, J. E. Quick, J. S. Schindler, J. M. Self-Trail, M. J. Smith, R. G. Stamm, and R. E. Weems. Preliminary Geologic Summary for the USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-87-B, 2001, p. 20.
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  • Shaw H. F., and G. J. Wasserburg. “Age and Provenance of the Target Material for Tektites and Possible Impactites as Inferred from Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr Systematic.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 60 (1982): 155-177.
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  • Simonson B. M., and B. P. Glass. “Spherule Layers: Records of Ancient Impacts.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 32 (2004): 329-361.
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  • Collins, G. S., H. J. Melosh, and R. A. Marcus. “Earth Impact Effects Program: A Web-based Computer Program for Calculating the Regional Environmental Consequences of a Meteoroid Impact on Earth.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, no. 6 (2006): 817-840.
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  • Collins, G. S., and K. Wünnemann. “How Big was the Chesapeake Bay Impact? Insight from Numerical Modeling.” Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI (2005) , Geology 33 (2005): 925-928.
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  • Dypvik, H., M. Smelror, P. T. Sandbakken, O. Salvigsen O., and E. Kalleson. “Traces of the Marine Mjølnir Impact Event.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 241 (2006): 621-636.
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  • Edwards L. E., and D. Powars. “Impact Damage to Dinocysts from the Late Eocene Chesapeake Bay Event.” PALAIOS 18 (2003): 275-285.
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  • Gault, D. E., and C. P. Sonett. “Laboratory Simulation of Pelagic Asteroidal Impact: Atmospheric Injection, Benthic Topography, and the Surface Wave Radiation Field.” In Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth: Geological Society of America Special Paper. Edited by L. T. Silver and P. H. Schultz. Vol. 190, 1982, pp. 69-92.
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  • Gohn, G. S., W. E. Sanford, D. S. Powars, J. W. Horton, Jr., L. E. Edwards, R. H. Morin, and J. M. Self-Trail. Site report for USGS Test Holes Drilled at Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, in 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1094, 2007, p. 22.
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  • Grieve, R. A. F., and V. L. Masaitis. “The Economic Potential of Terrestrial Impact Craters.” Internatl Geol Rev 36 (1994): 105-151.
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  • Gudlaugsson, S. T. “Large Impact Crater in the Barents Sea.” Geology 21 (1993): 291-294.
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  • Masaitis, V. L. “The Economic Geology of Impact Craters.” Internat Geol Rev 31 (1989): 922-933.
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  • Mazur, M. J., R. R. Stewart, and A. R. Hildebrand. “The Seismic Signature of Meteorite Impact Craters.” Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG)CSEG Recorder, June 2000, pp. 10-16.
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  • Melosh, H. J. Impact Cratering: A geologic process. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 245. ISBN: 9780195042849.
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  • Naldrett, A. J. From “Impact to Riches: Evolution of Geological Understanding as Seen at Sudbury.” Canada GSA Today , February 2003, 13, Issue 2, pp. 4-9.
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  • Powars, D. S., and Bruce, T. S. The Effects of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater on the Geological Framework and Correlation of Hydrogeologic Units of the Lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1999, 1612, p. 82.
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  • Powars, D. S. The Effects of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater on the Geological Framework and Correlation of Hydrogeologic Units of Southeastern Virginia, South of the James River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 2000, 1622, p. 53.
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  • Self-Trail, J. M. “Shock-Wave-Induced Fracturing of Calcareous Nano Fossils from the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater.” Geology 31, no. 8 (August 2003): 697-700.
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  • Toon, O. B., K. Zahnle, D. Morrison, R. P. Turco, and C. Covey. “Environmental Perturbations Caused by the Impacts of Asteroids and Comets.” Reviews of Geophysics 35 (1997): 41-78.
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  • Tsikalas, F., S. T. Gudlaugsson, J. I. Faleide, and O. Eldholm. “Mojlnir Structure, in Barents Sea: A Marine Impact Crater Laboratory.” In Large Meteorite Impacts: Planetary Evolution II . pp. 193-204. (Special Papers ( Geological Society of America 339) International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution. Edited by B. O. Dressler, V. L. Sharpton. Sudbury, ON, Canada, 1992, Geological Society of America 2002. ISBN: 9780813723396.
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  • Tsikalas, F., S. T. Gudlaugsson, and J. I. Faleide. “The Anatomy of a Buried Complex Impact Structure: The Mjølnir Structure, Barents Sea.” Journal of Geophysical Research 103 (1998): 30, 469- 30, and 484.
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  • Westbroek H.-H., and R. R. Stewart. The Formation, Morphology, and Economic Potential of Meteorite Impact Craters, CREWES Research Report 8, 1996, pp. 34-1 to 34-26. CREWES: Consortium for Research in Elastic Wave Exploration Seismology.
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January IAP 2007 · Radon Research in Multidisciplines: A Review

This course introduces fundamentals of radon physics, geology, radiation biology; provides hands on experience of measurement of radon in MIT environments, and discusses current radon research in the fields of geology, environment, building and construction, medicine and health physics. The course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

Readings

  • Brenner, D. J., and R. K. Sachs. “Domestic Radon Risks may be Dominated by Bystander Effects - But the Risks Unlikely to be Greater than we Thought.” Health Physics 85, no. 1 (2003): 103-108.
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  • Cavallo, A., A. Hutter, and P. Shebell. “Radon Progeny Unattached Fraction in an Atmosphere Far from Radioactive Equilibrium.” Health Physics 76, no. 5 (May 1999): 532-536.
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  • Kristof, J. W., A. Hanna, and J. Hadjinicolaou. “Soil Gases and Building Foundations.” International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications 30, no. 1 (2005): 69-80. Special Issue.
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  • Kovler, K. “Radon Exhalation of Hardening Concrete: Monitoring Cement Hydration and Prediction of Radon Concentration in Construction Site.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 6, no. 3 (2006): 354-366.
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  • Leonard, B. “Radioisotope Deposition on Interior Building Surfaces: Air Flow and Surface Roughness Influences.” Nuclear Technology 152, no. 3 (December 2005): 339-353.
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  • Lopez, F. O., and A. C. Canoba. “Passive Method for the Determination of the Equilibrium Factor Between 222 Rn Gas and its Short Period Progeny.” . Journal of Radioanal and Nucl Chem 258, no. 2 (November 2003): 269-74.
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  • Nielson, K. K., R. B. Holt, and V. C. Rogers. “Site-specific Characterization of Soil Radon Potentials.” Project Summary . Cincinnati, OH: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 1996. [Electronic resource] ( PDF ) ↗
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  • Rabi, J. A., and N. C. Da Silva. “Radon Exhalation from Phosphogypsum Building Boards: Symmetry Constraints, Impermeable Boundary Conditions and Numerical Simulation of a Test Case.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 86, no. 2 (2006): 164-175.
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  • Sciocchetti, G., G. Cotellessa, E. Soldano, and M. Pagliari. “A New Technique for Measuring Radon Exposure at Working Places.” Radiation Measurements 36, nos. 1-6 (September 2003): 199-203.
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  • Tokonami, S., H. Takahashi, Y. Kobayashi, W. Zhuo, and E. Hulber. “Up-to-date Radon-thoron Discriminative Detector for a Large Scale Survey.” Review of Scientific Instruments 76, no. 11 (2005): 113505.
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  • Cember, H. Introduction to Health Physics . 3rd revised ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1996. ISBN: 9780071054614.
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  • Dowd, S. B., and E. R. Tilson. Practical Radiation Protection and Applied Radiobiology . Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1999. ISBN: 9780721675237.
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  • Eisenbud, M. Environmental Radioactivity . Burlington, MA: Academic Press, Inc., 1997. ISBN: 9780122351549.
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  • Foster, A. R., and R. L. Wright. Basic Nuclear Engineering . Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon 1983. ISBN: 9780205078868.
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  • Baixeras, C., Bach, K. Amgarou, and V. Moreno. “Radon Levels in the Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa, Spain.” Radiation Measurements 40, nos. 2-6 (November 2005): 509-12.
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  • Clamp, G. E., and J. Pritchard. “Investigation of Fault Position and Sources of Radon by Measurements of U-238 Decay Series Radionuclide Activity in Soil Samples.” Environmental Geochemistry in Health 20 (1998): 39-44.
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  • Kenski, J., R. Klingel, H. Schneiders, A. Siehl, and J. Wiegand. “Geological Structure and Geochemistry Controlling Radon in Soil Gas.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry 45, no. 1/4 (1992): 235-239.
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  • Kraner, H. W., G. L. Schroeder, and R. D. Evans. “Measurements of the Effects of Atmospheric Variables on Radon-222 Flux and Soil Gas Concentrations.” In Natural Radiation Environment . Edited by J. A. S. Adams and W. M. Lowder. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1964, pp. 191-215. ISBN: 9780226005966.
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  • Nazaroff, W. W. “Radon Transport from Soil to Air.” Reviews of Geophysics 30, no. 2 (1992): 137-160.
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  • Segovia, N., M. A. Armienta, C. Valdes, M. Mena, J. L. Seidel, M. Monnin, P. Pena, M. B. E. Lopez, and A. V. Reyes. “Volcanic Monitoring for Radon and Chemical Species in the Soil and in Spring Water Samples.” Radiation Measurements 36, nos. 1-6 (September 2003): 379-83.
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  • Winkler R., F. Ruckerbauer, and K. Bunzl. “Radon Concentration in Soil Gas: A Comparison of the Variability Resulting from Different Methods, Spatial Heterogeneity and Seasonal Fluctuations.” Sci Total Environ 72, nos. 1-3 (May 14, 2001): 273-82.
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  • Brenner, D. J., and O. G. Raabe. “Is the Linear No-threshold Hypothesis Appropriate in Radiation Protection Radiation.” Protection Dosimetry 97, no. 3 (2001): 270-285.
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  • Cohen, B. L. “Test of the Linear-No Threshold Theory of Radiation Carcinogenisis of Inhaled Radon Decay Products.” Health Physics 68 (1995): 157-174.
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  • Evans, R. D. “Radium in Man.” Health Physics 27 (1974): 497-519.
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  • Grosswendt, B. “Nano Dosimetry, the Metrological Tool for Connecting Radiation Physics with Radiation Biology.” Radiat Prot Dosimetry (December 14, 2006).
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  • Luckey, T. D. Radiation Hormesis . Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991.
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  • Jaworowski, Z. “Beneficial Radiation.” Nukleonika 40 (1995): 3-12.
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  • Pollycove M., and L. E. Feinendegen. “Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and the Demise of the Linear No-threshold (LNT) Hypothesis.” Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences. Série 3, Sciences de la vie (C. r. Acad. sci., Sér. 3, Sci. vie) 322, nos. 2-3 (1999): 197-204.
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  • Prise, K. M. “New Advances in Radiation Biology.” Occupational Medicine 56, no. 3 (2006): 156-161.
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  • Hall, E. J., and A. J. Giaccia. Radiobiology for the Radiologist . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, c2005. ISBN: 9780781741514.
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  • Henriksen, T., and D. H. Maillie. Radiation and health . London, UK; New York, NY: CRC, 2002. ISBN: 9780415271615 (hbk) and ISBN: 9780415271622 (pbk).
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  • Jostes, R. Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, BEIR VII Phase 2 . Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780309091565.
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  • Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, and National Research Council. Health Effects of Exposure to Radon, BEIR VI . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, (1999). ISBN: 9780309056458.
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  • ———. Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, BEIR V . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780309039970 and ISBN: 9780309039956 (pbk.).
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  • ———. Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-emitters: BEIR IV . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780309037891 (pbk) and ISBN: 9780309037976 (hard).
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  • National Research Council U.S. Advisory Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs, Criteria and Standards Division, and National Academy of Sciences U.S. Considerations of Health Benefit-cost Analysis for Activities Involving Ionizing Radiation Exposure and Alternatives : A Report, Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation BEIR II Report . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1977. Sub Docs Number EP 6.2:H 34##.
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  • Jostes, R. BEIR VII Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, BEIR VII Phase 2 . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780309091565.
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  • Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, and National Research Council. Health Effects of Exposure to Radon, BEIR VI . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780309056458.
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  • ———. Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, BEIR V . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780309039970 and ISBN: 9780309039956 (pbk).
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  • ———. Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-emitters: BEIR IV . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780309037976 (hard) and ISBN: 9780309037891 (pbk).
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  • National Research Council U.S. Advisory Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation Programs, Criteria and Standards Division, and National Academy of Sciences U.S. BEIR II Considerations of Health Benefit-cost Analysis for Activities Involving Ionizing Radiation Exposure and Alternatives : A Report, Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation BEIR II Report . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1977. Docs Number EP 6.2:H 34##.
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  • Nero A. V., Jr. “Radon and Its Decay Products in Indoor Air: An Overview.” In Radon and Its Decay Products In Indoor Air . Edited by W. W. Nazaroff and A. V. Nero, Jr. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1988. pp. 1-53. ISBN: 9780471628101.
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  • United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 2000 Report to the General Assembly with Scientific Annexes: Set of two volumes (Paperback) . Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Vol II: Effects, New York, NY: UN, 2001. ISBN: 9789211422429.
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  • U.S. EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Radon - A Physician’s Guide: The Health Threat With A Simple Solution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation (6609J) EPA Document #402-K-93-008 September 1993.
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  • Clemente, G. F., A. Renzetti, G. Santori, F. Steinhausler, and J. Pohl-Ruling. “Relationship Between the 210 Pb Content of Teeth and Exposure to Rn and Rn Daughters.” Health Physics 47, no. 2 (August 1984): 253-262.
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  • Cohen, B. L. “Testing a BEIR-VI Suggestion for Explaining the Lung Cancer versus Radon Relationship for U.S. Counties.” Health Physics 78, no. 5 (May 2000): 522-527.
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  • Doi, M., Y. Nakamura, T. Sakashita, N. Ogiu, F. Lagarde, and R. Falk. “Lifetime Risk of Lung Cancer Due to Radon Exposure Projected to Japanese and Swedish Populations.” Health Physics 80, no. 6 (June 2001): 552-62.
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  • Douple, E., and R. Jostes. “The Status of the Seventh Report in the Series Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations and a Revised Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation’s A-bomb Studies.” J Radiol Prot 22 (2002): A175-A179.
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  • Harrison, J. D., and C. R. Muirhead. “Quantitative Comparisons of Cancer Induction in Humans by Internally Deposited Radionuclides and External Radiation.” Int J Radiat Biol 79, no. 1 (January 2003): 1-13.
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  • Harper, H. A., V. W. Rodwell, and P. A. Mayes. Review of Physiological Chemistry . Lange Medical Publications, Marzen G. Ltd, 1977, p. 681. ISBN: 9780870410345.
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  • Ishikawa T., Y. Narazaki, Y. Yasuoka, S. Tokonami, and Y. Yamada. “Bio-kinetics of Radon Ingested from Drinking Water.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry 105, nos. 1-4 (2003): 65-70.
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  • Jaggi, J. S., S. V. Seshan, M. R. McDevitt, G. Sgouros, E. Hyjek, and D. A. Scheinberg. “Mitigation of Radiation Nephropathy After Internal Alpha Particle Irradiation of Kidneys.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64, no. 5 (April 1, 2006): 1503-12.
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  • ———. “Renal Tubulointerstitial Changes After Internal Irradiation with Alpha-particle-emitting Actinium Daughters.” J Am Soc Nephrol 16 (September 2005): 2677-2689.
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  • Krewski, D., et al. “A Combined Analysis of North American Case-control Studies of Residential Radon and Lung Cancer.” Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 69 (2006): 533-597.
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  • Mahesh, H. M., D. N. Avadhani, N. Karunakara, H. M. Somashekarappa, Y. Narayana, and K. Siddappa. “ 222 Rn Concentration in Ground Waters of Coastal Karnataka and Kaiga of South West coast of India.” Health Physics 81, no. 6 (December 2001): 724-728.
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  • Mitsunobu, F., K. Yamaoka, K. Hanamoto, S. Kojima, Y. Hosaki, K. Ashida, K. Sugita, and Y. Tanizaki. “Elevation of Antioxidant Enzymes in the Clinical Effects of Radon and Thermal Therapy for Bronchial Asthma.” J Radiat Res (Tokyo) 44, no. 2 (June 2003): 95-9.
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  • Nicotera, G., G. A. C. Nobile, A. Bianco, and M. Pavia. “Environmental History-Taking in Clinical Practice: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Primary Care Physicians in Italy.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48, no. 3 (March 2006): 294-302.
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  • Reimann, C., G. E. M. Hall, U. Siewers, K. Bjorvatn, G. Morland, H. Skarphagen, and T. Strand. “Radon, Fluoride and 62 Elements a Determined by ICP-MS in 145 Norwegian Hard Rock Groundwater Samples.” The Science of the Total Environment 192, no. 1 (November 29, 1996): 1-19.
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  • Richcardson, R. B., J. P. Eatough, and D. L. Henshaw. “Dose to Red Bone Marrow from Natural Radon and Thoron Exposure.” Br J Radiol 64, no. 763 (1991): 608-24.
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  • Rommens, C., C. Ringeard, and P. Hubert. “Exposure of Red Bone Marrow to Ionising Radiation from Natural and Medical Sources in France.” J Radiol Prot 21, no. 3 (2001): 205-7.
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  • Roscoe, R. J., et al. “Lung Cancer Mortality among Non-Smoking Uranium Miners Exposed to Radon Daughters.” Journal of the American Medical Association 262, no. 5 (1989): 629-633.
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  • Sharma, N., C. T. Hess, and K. D. Thrall. “A Compartmental Model of Water Radon Contamination in the Human Body.” Health Physics 72, no. 2 (1997): 261-268.
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  • Thompson, J. N., C. A. Brodkin, K. Kyes, W. Neighbor, and B. Evanoff. “Use of a Questionnaire to Improve Occupational and Environmental History Taking in Primary Care Physicians.” J Occup Environ Med 42 (2000): 1188-1194.
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  • Duenas, C., M. C. Fernandez, and S. Canete. “Rn Concentrations and the Radiation Exposure Levels in the Nerja Cave.” Radiation Measurements 40, nos. 2-6 (November 2005): 630-2.
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  • Espinosa, G., J. I. Golzarri, T. Martinez, M. Navarrete, J. Bogard, G. Martinez, and F. Juarez. “Indoor 220 Rn and 222Rn Concentration Measurements Inside the Teotihuacan Pyramids Using NTD and E-PERM Methodologies.” Radiation Measurements 40, nos. 2-6 (November 2005): 646-9.
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  • Gillmore, G. K., P. S. Phillips, A. R. Denman, and D. D. Gilbertson. “Radon in the Creswell Crags Permian Limestone Caves.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 62, no. 2 (2002): 165-179.
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  • Gorenstein, P., L. Golub, and P. Bjorkholm. “Radon Emanation from the Moon, Spatial and Temporal Variability.” Earth, Moon, and Planets 9, nos. 1-2 (March 1974): 129-140.
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  • Ila., P, and P. Jagam. “In Situ Airborne Radon Monitoring for Standards Compliance with OSHA-NRC-EPA.” American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST). International Radon Symposium, Kansas City, Mo, U.S.A. (September 18-20, 2006).
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  • Lario, J., S. Sanchez-Moral, J. C. Canaveras, S. Cuezva, and V. Soler. “Radon Continuous Monitoring in Altamira Cave (northern Spain) to Assess User’s Annual Effective Dose.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 80, no. 2 (2005): 161-74.
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  • Leela, P., P. Jagam, P. Neelaprasad, and P. Ila. “The Economics of Radon as a Public Health Hazard.” Abstract No: 109, pp. 226., “International Conference on Radiation Biology and 5th LOWRAD (Low Radiation),” “International Conference on LOW Dose Radiation Effects on Human Health.” (November 20-22, 2006.) Indian Journal of Radiation Research 3, no. 4 (2006): 226.
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  • Leung, J. K. C., M. Y. W. Tso, and C. W. Ho. “Behavior of 222 Rn and its Progeny in High-rise Buildings.” Health Physics 75, no. 3 (September 1998): 303-12.
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  • ———. “Radon Action Level for High-rise Buildings.” Health Physics 76, no. 5 (1999): 537-543.
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  • Li, K. Y. K., and A. T. Chan. “Management of Radon in Tunnel Drilling.” J Constr Engrg and Mgmt 130, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 699-707.
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  • Meslin, P.-Y., J.-C. Sabroux, L. Berger, J.-F. Pineau, and E. Chassefière. “Evidence of 210Po on Martian Dust at Meridiani Planum.” Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 111 (2006): E9 and E09012.
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  • Neelaprasad, P.; Jagam, P.; Momcilovic, B.; Ila, P.; G.I. Lykken, G. I.; Leela, P. “Environmental Radon as a Source of Internal Alpha Radiation.” Abstract No: 110 p 226. International Conference on Radiation Biology and 5th LOWRAD (Low Radiation), International Conference on LOW Dose radiation effects on Human Health, November 20 - 22, 2006. Indian Journal of Radiation research 3(4): 226; 2006.
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  • Papachristodoulou, C. A., K. G. Ioannides, K. C. Stamoulis, D. L. Patiris, and S. B. Pavlides. “Radon Activity Levels and Effective Doses in the Perama Cave.” Health Physics (Greece) 86, no. 6 (2004): 619-624.
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  • Sperrin, Malcolm, Tony Denman, and Paul S. Phillips. “Estimating the Dose from Radon to Recreational Cave Users in the Mendips.” UK Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 49, no. 2 (2000): 235-240.
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  • Cheng, Yung-Sung, and Chuan-Jong Tung. “Dose Assessment in the Carlsbad Caverns.” Nuclear Science Journal (Taiwan) 37, no. 5 (2000): 372-9.
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January IAP 2006 · Medical Geology/Geochemistry: An Exposure

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of Medical Geology/Geochemistry. Medical Geology/Geochemistry is the study of the interaction between abundances of elements and isotopes and the health of humans and plants.

Readings

  • Selinus, O., B. J. Alloway, J. A. Centeno, R. B. Finkelman, R. Fuge, U. Lindh, and P. Smedley, eds. Essentials of medical geology - Impacts of the natural environment on public health . Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780126363418.
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  • Komatina, M. Medical geology - Effects of Geological environments on Human Health . Boston, MA: Elsevier Science Publishing Co. 2004. ISBN: 9780444516152.
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  • Chamley, H. Geosciences, Environment and Man . Boston, MA: Elsevier Science Publishing Co. 2003. ISBN: 9780444514257.
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  • Keller, E. A. Introduction to environmental geology . 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN: 9780130338228. (CDROM 2002)
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  • Buffetaut, E., and C. Koeberl, eds. Geological and biological effects of impact events . Berlin, NY: Springer, 2001. ISBN: 9783540422860.
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  • Gunn, A. M. The impact of geology on the United States: A reference guide to benefits and hazards . Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780313314445.
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  • Maddy, D., M. G. Macklin, and J. C. Woodward, eds. River basin sediment systems: Archives of environmental change . USA: Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN: 9789058093424.
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  • Martin, R. E. Environmental micropaleontology: The application of microfossils to environmental geology . New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2000. ISBN: 9780306462320.
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  • Williams, R. J. P., and J. J. R. Frausto da Silva. The Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780198558422.
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  • Lag, J. Geomedicine . London, UK: Informa Healthcare, 1990. ISBN: 9780849367557.
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  • Bowman, C. A., P. T. Bobrowsky, and O. Selinus. “Medical Geology: New relevance in the earth sciences.” Episodes 26, no. 4 (2003): 270-278.
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  • Lide, D. R., ed. “Periodic Table of The Elements.” In CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . 86th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780849304866.
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  • Foster, A. R., and R. L. Wright, Jr. Basic Nuclear Engineering . 4th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon Inc., 1983. ISBN: 9780205078868.
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  • Eisenbud, M., and T. Gesell. Environmental radioactivity from natural, industrial, and military scources . 4th ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780122351549.
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  • Potts, P. J. A handbook of silicate rock analysis . New York, NY: Blackie, Chapman and Hall, 1987. ISBN: 9780412008818. (U.S.A.)
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  • Spencer, J. E. “Hello ‘NORM.’” Arizona Geology 33, no. 2 (2003): 1-2.
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  • Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in produced water and oil-field equipment; an issue for the energy industry . U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States (U.S.A.). USGS, Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet - U.S. Geological Survey, Report: FS 0142-99, September 1999, pp. 4. ↗
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  • Aamodt, J. “Naturally occurring radioactive materials; human health and regulation.” The Public Land and Resources Law Digest 36, no. 1 (1999): 11-52.
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  • Chart of the Nuclides and Isotopes . 16th ed. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. Distributor: Lockheed Martin, 2002. ↗
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  • BEIR VI Series: Health effects of exposure to radon . Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon. Board on Radiation Effects Research, Corp. Author: Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780309056458. ↗
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  • Risk assessment of radon in drinking water . Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Corp. Author: Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780309062923.
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  • Nazaroff, W. W., and A. V. Nero. Radon and its decay products in indoor air . New York, NY: J. Wiley, 1988. ISBN: 9780471628101.
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  • Farine, J. “Assay of Radon and Radium in Water: Techniques Developed at SNO.” Topical Workshop of Low Radioactivity Techniques, LRT2004, 12-14 December 2004. Vol. 785. New York: AIP Conference Proceedings, 2005.
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  • Kovler, K. “Radon exhalation of hardening concrete: Monitoring cement hydration and prediction of radon concentration in construction site.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 86, no. 3 (2006): 354-366.
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  • Rabi, J. A., and N. C. Da Silva. “Radon exhalation from phosphogypsum building boards: Symmetry constraints, impermeable boundary conditions and numerical simulation of a test case.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 86, no. 2 (2006): 164-175.
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  • Kristof, J. W., A. Hanna, J. Hadjinicolaou. “Soil gases and building foundations.” International Journal for Housing Science and Its Applications 30, no. 1 (2005): 69-80. (SPEC. ISS.)
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  • Leonard, B. “Radioisotope deposition on interior building surfaces: Air flow and surface roughness influences.” Nuclear Technology 152, no. 3, (December 2005): 339-353.
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  • Tokonami, S., H. Takahashi, Y. Kobayashi, W. Zhuo, and E. Hulber. “Up-to-date radon-thoron discriminative detector for a large scale survey.” Review of Scientific Instruments 76, no. 11 (2005): 113505.
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  • Nielson, K. K., R. B. Holt, and V. C. Rogers. “Site-specific characterization of soil Radon potentials [electronic resource]: project summary.” Cincinnati, OH: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 1996. ( PDF ) ↗
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  • Knoll, G. F. Radiation detection and measurements . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. ISBN: 9780471495451.
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  • Debertin, K., and R. G. Helmer. Gamma and X-ray spectrometry with semiconductor detectors . New York, NY: North Holland, 1988. ISBN: 9780444871077.
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  • Jagam, P., and G. K. Muecke. “Instrumentation in neutron activation analysis.” Chapter IV in Mineralogical Association of Canada . Edited by G. K. Muecke. Short Course in Neutron Activation Analysis in the Geosciences. Halifax, CA, May 1980, pp. 73-108.
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  • Skoog, D. A., and D. M. West. Principles of Instrumental Analysis . Tokyo, Japan: Holt-Saunders, 1980. ISBN: 9780030211614.
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  • Ila, P., and P. Jagam. “Multielement analysis of food spices by instrumental neutron activation analysis.” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 57 (1980): 205-210.
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  • Gazes, Jack, ed. Ewing’s analytical instrumentation handbook . 3rd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780824753481.
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  • Dean, J. R. Practical inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005. ISBN: 9780470093498.
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  • Lajunen, L. H. J., and P. Peramaki. Spectrochemical analysis by atomic absorption and emission . 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005. ISBN: 9780854046249.
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  • Keisch, B. The atomic fingerprint: Neutron activation analysis . Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of the Pacific, 2003. ISBN: 9781410206541.
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  • Broekaert, J. A. C. Analytical atomic spectrometry with flames and plasmas . Weinheim, DE: Wiley-VCH, 2005. ISBN: 9783527312825.
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  • SES #: 4 · Topics: Hydrogeology of As in Central Massachusetts · Readings: “Arsenic and pathways of selected trace elements in central Massachusetts.” Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37, no. 7 (Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, October 16–19, 2005).
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  • Principles and methods for the assessment of risk from essential trace elements . World Health Organization, 2002.
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  • Sandstrom, B. and P. Walter, eds. The Role of Trace Elements for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Nutritional Sciences . Copenhagen, August 1996 - Proceedings. New York, NY: Karger, 1998. ISBN: 9783805566285.
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  • Rose, J. Trace elements in health – A review of current issues . Boston, MA: Butterworths, 1983. ISBN: 9780407002555.
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January IAP 2005 · Trace Element Analysis of Geological, Biological & Environmental Materials by Neutron Activation Analysis: An Exposure

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Gamma Detection - Instrumentation Principles
  • Experimental Procedures
  • Hands-on Experience with Gamma Spectrometer in MIT-EAPS INAA Laboratory
  • Trace Element Analysis - Student’s Presentations

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor U (IAP) Not offered regularly; consult department Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit.

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