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Cesium-137 and natural radionuclides in soils from southern Brazil and soils and others environmental samples from Antarctic; Cesio-137 e radionuclideos naturais em solos do sul do Brasil e em solos e outras amostras ambientais da Antarctica

Abstract

This work presents a study of environmental artificial and natural radioactivity levels in soil samples from the Southern Brazil and in soils and other environmental samples form Antarctica. Artificial radioactivity was determined by measuring Cs-137 which is a 30.1 year half-life man-made radionuclide produced in the past by atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons. Natural radioactivity was determined by measuring some radionuclides belonging to Th-232 and U-238 natural radioactive families, and of K-40 concentrations. Several types of soils from Southern Brazil; and soil samples, marine sediments, lichens, mosses and algae collected at King George and other nearby islands (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica) were analyzed. A gamma-ray spectrometer was used to measure radioactivity levels of the collected samples and its overall characteristics are analyzed in this work. (author).
Authors:
Publication Date:
Apr 01, 1993
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
INPE-5505-TDI-517
Reference Number:
SCA: 540230; PA: AIX-26:028853; EDB-95:046641; SN: 95001354504
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: Tese (Ph.D.).; PBD: Apr 1993
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FALLOUT; SOILS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; ANTARCTICA; BRAZIL; CESIUM 137; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; LICHENS; MOSSES; POTASSIUM 40; SEDIMENTS; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; 540230; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
OSTI ID:
10125169
Research Organizations:
Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Sao Jose dos Campos, SP (Brazil); Santa Maria Univ., RS (Brazil)
Country of Origin:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE95621018; TRN: BR9532939028853
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
180 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Schuch, L A. Cesium-137 and natural radionuclides in soils from southern Brazil and soils and others environmental samples from Antarctic; Cesio-137 e radionuclideos naturais em solos do sul do Brasil e em solos e outras amostras ambientais da Antarctica. Brazil: N. p., 1993. Web.
Schuch, L A. Cesium-137 and natural radionuclides in soils from southern Brazil and soils and others environmental samples from Antarctic; Cesio-137 e radionuclideos naturais em solos do sul do Brasil e em solos e outras amostras ambientais da Antarctica. Brazil.
Schuch, L A. 1993. "Cesium-137 and natural radionuclides in soils from southern Brazil and soils and others environmental samples from Antarctic; Cesio-137 e radionuclideos naturais em solos do sul do Brasil e em solos e outras amostras ambientais da Antarctica." Brazil.
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title = {Cesium-137 and natural radionuclides in soils from southern Brazil and soils and others environmental samples from Antarctic; Cesio-137 e radionuclideos naturais em solos do sul do Brasil e em solos e outras amostras ambientais da Antarctica}
author = {Schuch, L A}
abstractNote = {This work presents a study of environmental artificial and natural radioactivity levels in soil samples from the Southern Brazil and in soils and other environmental samples form Antarctica. Artificial radioactivity was determined by measuring Cs-137 which is a 30.1 year half-life man-made radionuclide produced in the past by atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons. Natural radioactivity was determined by measuring some radionuclides belonging to Th-232 and U-238 natural radioactive families, and of K-40 concentrations. Several types of soils from Southern Brazil; and soil samples, marine sediments, lichens, mosses and algae collected at King George and other nearby islands (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica) were analyzed. A gamma-ray spectrometer was used to measure radioactivity levels of the collected samples and its overall characteristics are analyzed in this work. (author).}
place = {Brazil}
year = {1993}
month = {Apr}
}