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Guide to Geologic Hazards in Alaska
- Geohazard Types
- Glossary
- Dissolved radon
- Radon gas suspended in solution within water from underground sources (ground water).Likely to be problematic in areas containing bedrock enriched in uranium, or thorium (uraniferous granites, marine black shales, karstic-carbonates, and sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and deposits derived from the preceding lithologies).