Abstract
Radon is a tasteless, odorless, colorless radioactive noble gas which is produced in the decay chain of uranium existed in the rock layer. Since radon is in the gas form, it is more mobile than its parent radionuclides which namely are uranium and radium. Therefore, radon can easily escape soil and rocks through the pores between the soil granules, and the openings in the rock, cracks, and fractures. Because of these characteristics, changes in radon concentration levels are commonly used for seismological purposes. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the radon activity concentration in soil gas on Akşehir fault zone and the vertical distance of the sampling points to the fault zone. For this purpose, radon activity concentrations were monthly determined at 10 sampling points during six-month period. Although no significant correlation can be seen for all sampling points at all, a correlation coefficient of 0.96 was obtained when only the six of sampling points taken into account.
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