Dislocation of the 137Cs and 40K radionuclides in the podsol profiles of the Tatra Mountain soils (South Poland)

Kubica, Β.; Skiba, Michał; Skiba, Stefan; Gołaś, Janusz; Kubica, Małgorzata; Stobiński, Marcin; Tuteja-Krysa, M.

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“…It is true especially for the neighbouring Tatra Mountains National Park [3, 5, 12]. The similar positive correlation of 137 Cs activity with the sampling point altitude and organic matter content in the soil were found in the Tatras.…”

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The evaluation of 137Cs radioactivities in soils taken from the Babia Góra National Park

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Szarłowicz

Reczyński

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J Radioanal Nucl Chem

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The aim of this work was to determine 137 Cs and 40 K radioactivities in soil samples taken from the Babia Góra National Park (BPN) in south Poland. The cluster analysis (CA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to discuss the obtained data. 10 cm thick soil cores were collected from the BPN area. Each sample was divided into three sub-samples. The samples were dried, homogenized and packed in polyethylene containers. The radioactivities of 137 Cs and 40 K were measured by means of gamma spectrometry. It was found that 137 Cs radioactivity in the whole 10 cm soil cores was in the range from 1,916 to 28,551 Bq m -2 . The radioactivity of 40 K varied from 1,642 to 25,654 Bq m -2 . Using CA it was possible to diverse the soils taking into account soil types. By use of the PCA method, it was chosen three factors which are appropriate to characterize researched parameters.

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The evaluation of 137Cs radioactivities in soils taken from the Babia Góra National Park

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“…40 K concentration in the Bs horizon of Profile 1 is almost 100 Bq/kg below the average of the remaining samples in that profile. Kubica et al (2005) found a similar pattern for 40 K concentrations in podzolised soil profiles in Poland, where the 40 K concentration were lowest in the Bh and Bs horizons; this was thought to be probably due to the relatively high organic and non-silicate mineral composition of these horizons, diluting the 40 K concentration, which mainly originates from K-containing silicates.…”

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The Effects of Holocene Podzolisation on Radionuclide Distributions and Dose Rates in Sandy Coastal Sediments

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This study analyses the effect of a specific kind of soil development, podzolisation, on selected radionuclide concentrations and the derived dose rates. 100 samples from four sandy, podzolised regions in Jutland, Denmark, were dated by luminescence dating. Dose rates were determined by gamma spectrometry. Of the 100 samples, 31 were retrieved from three profiles intersecting soil horizons affected by podzolisation. At 35 locations, additional material was collected for supplementary geochemical analyses (soil pH, organic carbon content and extractable iron and aluminium). The geochemical data and grain size data were correlated with radionuclide activity concentrations. These correlations do not indicate any significant relationship between organic carbon or extractable iron/aluminium and radionuclide concentrations; this suggests that the radionuclides are mainly internally bound in primary minerals, unlike the extractable iron, which is generally associated with surface coatings. We conclude that the radionuclide distribution in these young sandy soils has been relatively unaffected by the podzolisation process. Thus it appears that the dose rate at these sites is unlikely to have changed significantly with time as a result of podzolisation, because the parent material is relatively unweathered and the activity is dominated by internally bound radionuclides.

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“…Studies in the Tatra Mountains were performed during 15 years [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23]. Therefore in order to keep results comparable, the measured activities of 137 Cs are recalculated to the date of the 1 st September 2000.…”

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“…Especially important artificial radionuclide is 137 Cs for the reason of its rather long half-life (30,08 years) and large dispersion in the environment. Between the years 2000 -2015 there were made extensive studies of anthropogenic 137 Cs and natural 40 K activity levels in soil [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. This paper presents the research result concerned on the area of the Tatra Mountains.…”

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The activity of selected gamma radionuclides in the Tatra National Park

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Dislocation of the 137Cs and 40K radionuclides in the podsol profiles of the Tatra Mountain soils (South Poland)

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The evaluation of 137Cs radioactivities in soils taken from the Babia Góra National Park

The evaluation of 137Cs radioactivities in soils taken from the Babia Góra National Park

The Effects of Holocene Podzolisation on Radionuclide Distributions and Dose Rates in Sandy Coastal Sediments

The activity of selected gamma radionuclides in the Tatra National Park

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