Elevadas dosis de radón ( 222 Rn) y terremotos en la Sima del Vapor (Murcia)

  1. R. Pérez-López
  2. A. Fernández-Cortés
  3. S. Cuezva
  4. Á. Sánchez-Malo
  5. E. Sanz
  6. S. Sánchez-Moral
  7. J.M. Calaforra
  8. T. Martín-Pozas
  9. A. Marcos-Nuez
  10. E. Bañón
Revista:
Geotemas (Madrid)

ISSN: 1576-5172

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: X Congreso Geológico de España

Número: 18

Páginas: 490

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Geotemas (Madrid)

Resumen

Vapor Cave shows a high radon air concentration related to the Alhama de Murcia Fault (Pérez-López et al., 2016). A time series (2017 – 2019) of radon emission was obtained by monitoring with handled alpha-counter loggers (SARAD-home) and by using high-resolution devices RAD7 and ALPHAGUARD. Averaged concentration of 222Rn was 52.9 +/- 6.1 kBq/m3, osci- llating between 35.6 and 67.8 kBq/m3. This value implies that Vapor Cave is the Spanish cave with the highest natural radon dose, higher than Castañar de Ibor (average concentration of 34.6+/- 5.6 kBq/m3, Álvarez-Gallego et al., 2015). Also, we have compared time series of 222Rn with earthquakes recorded in near-field (10 km diameter) and far field (50 km diameter). The maximum recorded earthquakes during this period were M 3.5 in far-field and M2.4 in near-field.