The gross beta activity of surface sediment in different urban landscape areas

Sediment samples were collected from urban zones in Ekaterinburg over the course of a year in order to analyze the gross beta activity. The bulk samples were categorized into three size groups: dust, fine sand, and coarse sand. A small amount of the obtained samples was used to develop a new method...

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Published inJournal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 321; no. 3; pp. 831 - 839
Main Authors Hanfi, Mohamed Y., Yarmoshenko, Ilia V., Seleznev, Andrian A., Zhukovsky, Michael V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2019
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Diagnostic Radiology
Dust
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Physics
Physical Chemistry
Radiation, Background
Radioactive substances
Sand
Sediments
Sediments (Geology)
Statistical methods
Urban environments
Coarse sand
Urban
Dust
Sediment
Fine sand
Gross beta activity
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Summary:Sediment samples were collected from urban zones in Ekaterinburg over the course of a year in order to analyze the gross beta activity. The bulk samples were categorized into three size groups: dust, fine sand, and coarse sand. A small amount of the obtained samples was used to develop a new method for measuring the concentration of gross-beta activity. The results show a statistically significant trend in beta-activity as the dust size of the samples increased between winter and autumn. The observed dependencies reflect geochemical processes in the formation and transportation of urban sediment.
ISSN:0236-5731
1588-2780
DOI:10.1007/s10967-019-06657-9