Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5477687 | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity | 2017 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
A detailed sampling strategy, based on lithostratigraphy, petrology and mineralogy, has been adopted. The 151 rock samples collected were analyzed by high resolution γ-ray spectrometry with ex situ HPGe detectors. Statistical and geostatistical analyses were performed, and outlier values of U and Th - possibly associated with anomalies in the geological formation - were identified. U, Th and K concentration maps were developed using both the entire database and then again after expunging the outliers; the two were then compared. In all maps the highest values can be associated to trachyte and rhyolite lithologies, and the lowest ones to sedimentary formations. The external dose due to natural radionuclides in the soil - the so called terrestrial gamma dose rate - has been calculated using the U, Th and K distribution measured in the bedrock samples.
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Authors
Laura Tositti, Giorgia Cinelli, Erika Brattich, Antonio Galgaro, Domiziano Mostacci, Claudio Mazzoli, Matteo Massironi, Raffaele Sassi,