Assessing the Topsoil Contamination of Cesium-137 Environmental Fallout in Konya, Turkey: Spatial Distribution and Analysis
WATER, AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, vol.234, pp.763, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 234
- Publication Date: 2023
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s11270-023-06781-z
- Journal Name: WATER, AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
- Page Numbers: pp.763
- Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Abstract Although more than 30 years have passed
since the Chernobyl accident, artifcial radionuclides
are still present in the soil. Especially, 137Cs is harmful to human health and contamination due to 137Cs is
high. The topsoil samples were collected from various locations in Konya, Turkey. 137Cs activity concentrations were measured using coaxial high-purity
germanium gamma-ray spectrometry. 137Cs activity concentrations in the surface soil samples ranged
from 0.74 ± 0.08 to 12.88 ± 0.86 Bq kg−1 dry weight
(d.w.). The absorbed dose rate and the annual efective dose rates for outdoor and indoor air were estimated. The mean values of the absorbed dose rate
and the outdoor and the indoor annual efective dose
rates were found as 0.09 nGy h−1, 0.11 μSv y−1, and
0.43 μSv y−1, respectively. The obtained activity
concentrations and annual efective dose rates were
compared with other studies. The spatial distributions of 137Cs activity concentrations and dose rates
were plotted using the Surfer Program. The Kriging
interpolation method is used to obtain the distribution
maps of 137Cs radionuclide. Frequency distribution
and quantile-quantile plots were carried out