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Radon Flux Density In Conditions Of Permafrost Thawing: Simulation Experiment

Puchkov

Andrey V.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

puchkov@fciarctic.ru

Berezina

Elena V.

119017 Moscow, Russia

Yakovlev

Evgeny Yu.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

Hasson

Nicholas R.

1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99775

Druzhinin

Sergey V.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

Tyshov

Alexey S.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

Ushakova

Ekaterina V.

77 Politechnicheskaya street, Saratov, 410054

Koshelev

Lev S.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

Lapikov

Pavel I.

109 Severnoj Dviny Emb., Arkhangelsk, 163000

N. Laverov Federal Centre for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationA.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationWater and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska FairbanksUnited StatesYuri Gagarin State Technical University of SaratovRussian Federation

2022

04102022

153518

2022

Puchkov A.V., Berezina E.V., Yakovlev E.Y., Hasson N.R., Druzhinin S.V., Tyshov A.S., Ushakova E.V., Koshelev L.S., Lapikov P.I.

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This paper describes a five-month experiment (February – July 2021) measuring the gradual thaw diffusion of radon-222 (further in the article – radon) from a frozen environment in NW Russia (i.e. Arhangelsk region). Red clay substrate containting a high content of 226Ra filled the bottom insides of 200-liter barrel holding the source of radon and buried at 1.6 m depth (e.g., the radium source zone), then covered with native soil, filled with water and frozen under in-situ conditions. Radon measurements were carried out from soil surface above the container (disturbed soil layer) and at background location (undisturbed soil layer). Several periods of increased radon flux density were observed, which was related to radium source zone thawing. It was shown that in 1-2 days after thawing of the radium source zone and drying of the upper soil layer, the radon flux increases sharply – more than 8 times compared to background values. These results show a strong relationship between radon flux density and soil temperature profiles at different depths. The calculations of radon sourced from frozen and thawed zones show how temperature phase of substrate (e.g. clays) control the barrier influence of radon migration. It reduced them by 10-20 times (according to the results of a theoretical calculation), depending on the characteristics of frozen rocks (density, porosity). Thus, the barrier function of permafrost is related to the physical properties of ice and frozen rocks. These temperture phases controls radon emanation coefficients and significantly influences the migration of radon to the earth’s surface.

Radon hazardpermafrostArcticclimate warmingnatural radioactivityfrozen soil

This work was supported by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation No 20-77-10057, the grant of the Project Office For Arctic Development No. 245G dated 04/19/2021 and the grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia No 075-15-2021-934.

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