Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas

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Maps of four quadrants in the Galveston area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.

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Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier 1963.

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  • Main Title: Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas
  • Added Title: Plate 1. Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas, East Part
  • Added Title: Plate 2. Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas, West Part
  • Added Title: Plate 3. Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas, South Part
  • Series Title: Civil Effects Test Operations Reports

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Maps of four quadrants in the Galveston area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.

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Galveston Area (ARMS-II) (Report)

Galveston Area (ARMS-II)

Report describing an Aerial Radiological Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Galveston Area between Jan. 27 and Feb. 17, 1962. The survey was part of a nationwide program to measure present environmental levels of gamma radiation. Aerial measurements of ground radioactivity were consistent everywhere with what was expected considering the geology of the area.

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Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier. Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Galveston Area, Texas, map, 1963; [Washington, D. C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1855819/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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