[ RadSafe ] Australian Uranium in Antarctic Ice ?

[Jaro Franta]

Dan,
Wouldn't they also show up on the Radiometric Map, in the vicinity of RD ?
https://db.tt/pN8fmZNI 
Thnx

 Jaro
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dan McCarn
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Australian Uranium in Antarctic Ice ?

Those same dusts, if they are from Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam), would also
have elevated levels of copper, silver, & gold. 

Dan W McCarn
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> On Jul 25, 2016, at 12:55, KARAM, PHILIP <PHILIP.KARAM at nypd.org> wrote:
> 
> I guess one question to ask is how uranium is mined in Australia. If it's
largely open-pit mines (or some other process that generates a lot of
airborne dust) then it's certainly plausible. Ice cores from Greenland have
been shown to have elevated lead concentrations in strata corresponding to
the Roman Empire and are interpreted as reflecting the processing of lead
ore and the use of lead by the Romans. And we know (as someone else
mentioned earlier) that African dust has been tracked across the Atlantic,
as has Chinese dust across the Pacific. So the thought that Australian dust
might make its way to the Antarctic Peninsula is certainly reasonable - if
the uranium is mined or processed in such a way that generates dust.
> 
> Andy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu 
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jaro Franta
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:46 PM
> To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Australian Uranium in Antarctic Ice ?
> 
> Or, to be precise, Uranium from Australian MINES is claimed to be found in
Antarctic ice.
> 
> What do you make of it ?
> 
> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231016304423
> 
> ------------------
> 
> My thoughts:
> 
> Looking closely at a Radiometric Map of Australia ( https://db.tt/pN8fmZNI
), I see that the region around Roxby Downs, the town next to Olympic Dam
mine (producers of both uranium & copper) has a low surface concentration of
uranium. 
> Certainly lower than the Flinders Ranges to the east, or other areas to
the south.
> That being the case, how can lead researcher Mariusz Potocki reasonably
expect readers to believe his claim that uranium found in Antarctica comes
from Australian uranium mines ?
> Does he propose some sort of magical transport mechanism that avoids the
regions where mines are located, going directly to Antarctica ?
> 
> It seems that, if anything, the Uranium found in Antarctic ice must be 
> dust from the erosion of the Flinders Range and other large geological 
> features that standout in the Radiometric Map of Australia ( 
> https://db.tt/pN8fmZNI )
> 
> Is there similar experience elsewhere in the world, such as dust blowing
off the Sahara desert, from U-loaded phosphate deposits ?
> How much is from mining, and how much from general soil erosion ?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Jaro Franta
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> 
> 
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