1. Vertical distribution of Ra and radiological hazards indices of soil samples.
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Nenadović, Snežana, Kljajević, Ljiljana, Nenadović, Milos, Omerašević, Mia, Obradović Arsic, Danijela, and Lješević, Milutin
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RADIUM ,RADIOACTIVE substances in soils ,SOIL testing ,GAMMA ray spectrometry ,SOIL profiles - Abstract
The vertical distribution of Ra was investigated in soils from the cultivated and undisturbed areas in Rudovci, municipality Lazarevac, Serbia. There were three profiles, each profile divided on four horizons, what gives 12 soil samples. The specific activity of Ra in soil and sediment samples was determined by using the gamma-spectrometric method. Analysis of the vertical soil profiles indicated that the activity of Ra was not extremely changed with depth. To evaluate the radiological hazards of Ra in the samples, the absorbed dose rate, the annual effective dose rate, the radium equivalent activity, and the external hazards index were calculated according to the UNSCEAR 2000 report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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