Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place in the 7,000 square mile area around the GNOME test site near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
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Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place in the 7,000 square mile area around the GNOME test site near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Plate 1. Natural Gamma Aeroradioactivity of the GNOME (Carisbad) Area, New Mexico and Texas - ark:/67531/metadc1855814
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Map with graded color shading to show levels of naturally-occurring gamma aeroradioactivity within the "Gnome" test area in New Mexico and Texas. Details about the survey and map creation are printed at right. Scale 1:250,000.
Plate 1. Natural Gamma Aeroradioactivity of the GNOME (Carisbad) Area, New Mexico and Texas - ark:/67531/metadc1855814
MacKallor, Jules A.Aeroradioactivity Survey and Geology of the Gnome (Carlsbad) Area, New Mexico and Texas (ARMS-I),
report,
February 1963;
Springfield, Virginia.
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13030/:
accessed January 21, 2026),
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