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Samples of marine surface sediments of different grain sizes collected in Gökova, a small bay on the Aegean Turkish Coast, have been examined to measure alpha- and gamma-radioactivity. The purpose of this research is to define a baseline study of man-made radionuclides on sediments along Gökova Bay, using a combination of direct gamma-spectrometry, radiochemical separation and alpha spectrometry. The analysis of these samples revealed measurable quantities of some artificial radionuclides namely: 239+240Pu (from 0.13±0.017 to 0.85±0.15 Bq.kg–1). 137Cs, 241Am and 238Pu were identified at a very low level. Concentration ratios of 238Pu to 239+240Pu obtained seem to confirm that this artificial radioactivity is due mainly to Chernobyl accident.
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Uğur (Tanbay), A., Yener, G. Plutonium isotopes, 241Am and 137Cs activity concentrations in marine sediments of Gökova Bay, Aegean Turkish Coast. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 252, 47–51 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015227502483
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