Radioactivity of some coal and shale of Pennsylvanian age in Ohio

Trace Elements Investigations 404
Prepared by the Geological Survey for the United States Atomic Energy Commission
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Abstract

Channel samples of the commercially important coal beds and associated rocks in the Pottsville, Allegheny, and Monogahela series of the Pennsylvanian system were collected in eastern Ohio. Equivalent uranium content of 0.001 percent or more was determined in the laboratory for five samples. The uranium content of the coal is less than the equivalent uranium content indicated by radioactivity measurements. None of the samples collected contain recoverable quantities of uranium in the ash.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Radioactivity of some coal and shale of Pennsylvanian age in Ohio
Series title Trace Elements Investigations
Series number 404
DOI 10.3133/tei404
Edition -
Year Published 1953
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description 22 p.
Country United States
State Ohio
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