Source, fate and transfer of primordial radionuclides as potential contaminants in environmental matrices of high and low background radiation areas–a critical review

B Santhanabharathi, KP Pradhoshini… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The source, fate and transport of pollutants are of typical interest in environmental chemistry,
which focuses on the presence and effects of chemicals in soil and water bodies. In this …

Radioactivity concentration and radiological risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline in the Mediterranean Sea

A Abbasi, HMH Zakaly, BM Alotaibi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
A radiological baseline survey was conducted using a calculation analysis to assess the 226
Ra, 232 Th, 40 K, and 137 Cs distribution in beach sand samples collected from the coastal …

Assessments of radioactivity concentration of natural radionuclides and radiological hazard indices in sediment samples from the East coast of Tamilnadu, India with …

R Ravisankar, J Chandramohan… - Marine pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the distribution of three natural radionuclides 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K
in coastal sediments from Pattipulam to Devanampattinam along the East coast of …

Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides concentration with heavy metals analysis of the sediments collected around Novaya Zemlya

N Yushin, R Jakhu, O Chaligava, D Grozdov… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Dispersal profile of the radioisotopes (226 Ra, 232 Th, 235 U, 40 K, 137 Cs) along with
potentially toxic elements (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, V, Zn, and Hg) in the sediments around the …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate statistical approach on distribution of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and associated radiation indices along the north-western coastline …

A Shahrokhi, M Adelikhah, S Chalupnik… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive radiological survey using multivariate statistical analysis was carried out to
evaluate the distribution of 40 K, 232 Th, 226 Ra, 235 U, and 137 Cs, and associated …

Radioactive risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline of Mediterranean Sea at El-Arish area, North Sinai, Egypt

M Awad, AM El Mezayen, A El Azab, SM Alfi… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Beach sand includes various levels of natural radioactivity, which can cause health effects.
The natural radioactivity was measured in the beach sand along the coastline of the …

[HTML][HTML] Measurements of natural gamma radiation in beach sediments of north east coast of Tamilnadu, India by gamma ray spectrometry with multivariate statistical …

M SureshGandhi, R Ravisankar, A Rajalakshmi… - Journal of Radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
The distribution of natural gamma ray emitting 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K radionuclides in
beach sediments along north east coast of Tamilnadu, India has been carried out using a …

Assessment of spatial distribution and radiological hazardous nature of radionuclides in high background radiation area, Kerala, India

V Ramasamy, M Sundarrajan, K Paramasivam… - Applied Radiation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The concentration and distribution of the natural radionuclides (238U, 232Th and 40K) have
been analyzed for the beach sediments of Kerala with an aim of evaluating the radiation …

Assessment of natural radioactivity and gamma-ray dose in monazite rich black Sand Beach of Penang Island, Malaysia

HK Shuaibu, MU Khandaker, T Alrefae… - Marine pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
Activity concentrations of primordial radionuclides in sand samples collected from the
coastal beaches surrounding Penang Island have been measured using conventional γ-ray …

Evaluation of radioactivity in soil and rock samples from an undiscovered sea beach in the southeastern coastline of Bangladesh and associated health risk

MMM Siraz, MH Kamal, ZH Khan, MS Alam… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
This study marks the first-ever assessment of radiological hazards linked to the sands and
rocks of Patuartek Sea Beach, situated along one of the world's longest sea beaches in …