Re: Mt. St. Helens

[Laurie Taylor <laurie-taylor@uiowa.edu>]

Luke,

The source I have estimates that 3 million curies of radon was released
during the Mount Saint Helens eruption in 1980.  That reference is "
Radiation & Radioactivity on Earth and Beyond" by Draganic, Draganic and
Adloff, CRC Press, Inc.  1990.

Hope this helps!
Laurie Taylor, Health Physics Associate
The University of Iowa
Health Protection Office
318-335-8532
laurie-taylor@uiowa.edu

At 03:15 AM 9/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I remember seeing a paper that listed the estimated activity in the
>emissions from the Mt St. Helens eruption. My search of the HP Journal
>didn't turn up any articles, and the USGS  volcano homepage provided no
>help.  Does anyone have or  know where I can find these numbers?  Thanks in
>advance. Luke McCormick
>mccormickl@hq.hqusareur.army.mil
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