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2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Spatial and temporal variations in the uranium series background in Alpine groundwater
Authors : Heinz Surbeck, Otmar Deflorin, Olivier Kloos
Published in: Uranium in the Environment
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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In areas with uranium mining it is hard if not impossible to decide if increased uranium, radium or radon levels are due to these industrial activities or if they are just natural variations. There are rarely reliable data available taken prior to mining. Therefore our data from the Swiss Alps, a region with known uranium mineralizations but no uranium mining may help to get an idea about the range of spatial and temporal variations of the natural background. They may also serve as a baseline against which possible influences of climate change or future industrial activities in the Alps can be compared.