Correlation Study of 222Rn Production Rate and Exhalation Rate with Geophysical Process at Mat Fault in Mizoram

Abstract

The production rate of ²²²Rn gas within 5 cm depth from the ground surface was assessed from soil sample collected at Mat fault, Mizoram (India). Simultaneously, the ²²²Rn exhalation rate of Mat fault was measured using a ZnS(Ag) scintillation counter (Model: SMARTRnDuo, BARC, India). The nature of relationship between the two rates was analysed during the anomalous and non-anomalous period of ²²²Rn data at the continuous monitoring station (CMS) in order to reveal the geophysical behaviour of the region.