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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 376-381Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.06.007
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Geogenic radon; European atlas of natural radiation; Ordered logistic regression; Terrestrial gamma dose rate; Fault lines; Soil permeability
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Purpose: The estimation of the radon hazard of a future construction site should ideally be based on the geogenic radon potential (GRP), since this estimate is free of anthropogenic influences and building characteristics. The goal of this study was to evaluate terrestrial gamma dose rate (TGD), geology, fault lines and topsoil permeability as predictors for the creation of a GRP map based on logistic regression. Method: Soil gas radon measurements (SRC) are more suited for the estimation of GRP than indoor radon measurements (IRC) since the former do not depend on ventilation and heating habits or building characteristics. However, SRC have only been measured at a few locations in Switzerland. In former studies a good correlation between spatial aggregates of IRC and SRC has been observed. That's why we used IRC measurements aggregated on a 10 km x 10 km grid to calibrate an ordered logistic regression model for geogenic radon potential (GRP). As predictors we took into account terrestrial gamma doserate, regrouped geological units, fault line density and the permeability of the soil. Results: The classification success rate of the model results to 56% in case,of the inclusion of all 4 predictor variables. Our results suggest that terrestrial gamma doserate and regrouped geological units are more suited to model GRP than fault line density and soil permeability. Conclusion: Ordered logistic regression is a promising tool for the modeling of GRP maps due to its simplicity and fast computation time. Future studies should account for additional variables to improve the modeling of high radon hazard in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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