The second radon gas measurement at the same point with the project prepared within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1002-C Natural Disasters Focused Field Study Emergency Support Program was carried out between 29 July and 6 August.
YTU Electrical and Electronics Faculty Biomedical Engineering Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. Osman Günay, who is involved in the project, said that according to the second measurements, the radon gas level decreased after a 6-month break.
“WE DIDN'T SEE TOO MUCH FLUCTUATION IN VALUES”
Reminding that 4 times the normal radon gas was detected between 9-12 February in Kahramanmaraş, Günay stated that the radon gas level became stable in the measurements made between 29 July and 6 August.
"We came here three days after the February 6 earthquakes. In radon gas measurements, we read quite high values after the earthquake and there was variability between the values. In the first measurement, we observed that the gas level fluctuated between 42 thousand and 35 thousand becquerels/cubic meter (Bq/m3). To verify the first measured values, we came back to Akpınar Neighborhood, located between Elbistan and Ekinözü districts, and made measurements around 24-25 thousand (Bq/m3). We have seen that the residual values are as stable as possible. We didn't see much of the surge," Günay said.
TUBITAK ACCEPT THE PROJECT RELATING TO ISTANBUL
Günay said that they prepared the project of modeling the relationship between radon gas concentrations and seismic activities in the Anatolian and Eurasian plates in the Istanbul-Islands segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone with artificial intelligence and that the project was accepted in the TUBITAK 1001-Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program.
Emphasizing that he has studies on possible earthquakes in Istanbul, Günay said, "We are trying to model the relationship between radon gas concentrations and the earth's crust in the expected big Istanbul earthquake with artificial intelligence."