Review of the status of radioactivity profile in the oil and gas producing areas of the Niger delta region of Nigeria

BB Babatunde, FD Sikoki, GO Avwiri… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is widespread degradation of the environment of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
such that the United Nations Environment Program described it as an ecological wasteland …

Natural occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) from mining sites in Nigeria: A systematic review of geographical distribution and public health concern

SN Paul, C Frazzoli, FD Sikoki, BB Babatunde… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid mineral mining activities have contributed to the distribution and uptake of
radionuclides. This has increased the active concentration of naturally occurring radioactive …

Spatial distribution of gamma radioactivity levels and radiological hazard indices in the East Coastal sediments of Tamilnadu, India with statistical approach

R Ravisankar, S Sivakumar, A Chandrasekaran… - Radiation Physics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural and artificial radionuclide pollutants of the marine environment have been
recognized as a serious environmental concern. The natural radioactivity levels in beach …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of Human Exposures to Natural Sources of Radiation in Soil of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

AS Alaamer - Turkish Journal of Engineering & Environmental …, 2008 - Citeseer
Natural radioactivity is a source of continuous exposure to human beings. It originates from
both extraterrestrial sources and radioactive elements in the earth's crust. The amount of …

[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 …

γ-Spectroscopy measurement of natural radioactivity and assessment of radiation hazard indices in soil samples from oil fields environment of Delta State, Nigeria

EO Agbalagba, GO Avwiri, YE Chad-Umoreh - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The analysis of naturally occurring radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) has been carried
out in soil samples collected from oil and gas field environment of Delta state, using gamma …

[PDF][PDF] A study on transfer factors of radionuclides from soil to plant

A Alharbi, A El-Taher - Life Science Journal, 2013 - researchgate.net
Knowledge of various radionuclides in soil plays an important role in health physics and geo-
scientific research and monitoring of any release of radioactivity to the environment is …

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 …

Measurement of natural radioactivity and dose rate assessment of terrestrial gamma radiation in the soil of southern Punjab, Pakistan

I Fatima, JH Zaidi, M Arif, M Daud… - Radiation protection …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs in soil samples collected
from the most populous area of southern Punjab of Pakistan have been measured by …

Assessment of natural radionuclides in the soil samples from Marwar region of Rajasthan, India

A Rani, S Mittal, R Mehra, RC Ramola - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K analysis has been carried out in the
soil samples collected from different locations of Jodhpur and Nagaur districts of Northern …