Seasonal variation of the activity concentrations of 137Cs in agricultural areas of Kirklareli, Turkey

The 137 Cs radionuclide occurring in the atmosphere as a result of the Chernobyl accident has been dispersed over the Black Sea and the Thrace Region in Turkey. In the present study, to assess the risks associated with the exposure due to Chernobyl fallout, the activity concentrations of the artific...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2024, Vol.120 (1), p.235-250
Main Authors: Özden, Selin, Aközcan Pehlivanoğlu, Serpil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caesium 137
Cesium 137
Cesium isotopes
Cesium radioisotopes
Civil Engineering
Disasters
Distribution
Dry weight
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Efficiency
Environmental Management
Fallout
Frequency distribution
Gamma ray spectrometers
Gamma rays
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Germanium
Hydrogeology
Mathematical analysis
Natural Hazards
Nuclear accidents
Nuclear power plants
Original Paper
Radioactive fallout
Radioisotopes
Risk assessment
Seasonal variation
Seasonal variations
Sensors
Topsoil
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Summary:The 137 Cs radionuclide occurring in the atmosphere as a result of the Chernobyl accident has been dispersed over the Black Sea and the Thrace Region in Turkey. In the present study, to assess the risks associated with the exposure due to Chernobyl fallout, the activity concentrations of the artificial 137 Cs radionuclide were measured in collected agricultural topsoil samples from districts of Kirklareli, Turkey, using a gamma ray spectrometer with high purity germanium detector. The 137 Cs activity concentrations range from 
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-023-06219-z