Abstract
The bones of southern mammoths and dinosaur had been discovered in the territory of Uzbekistan in 2005–2014. The main aim of the work was a study of profiles of radiogenic and some of elements in bones of mammoths and dinosaur, and the element comparisons with standard bones and its soils by instrumental neutron activation and track analysis. In bones of the mammoths and dinosaur were registered a high contents of uranium and rare earth elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The radon concentrations in samples were measured in isolated plastic chambers by solid state nuclear track detectors type of CR-39 within 35 days. The values of radon exhalation rates were determined very more in ancient bones than in standard bones and soils.
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Special thanks go to Geological Museum of Uzbekistan for supplying of the bone and soil samples and archeological information. Thanks as well to Neutron Activation Analysis staff of Institute of Nuclear Physics for carrying an analytical works and for submission findings.
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Vasidov, A., Akhmadshaev, A., Osinskaya, N.S. et al. Neutron activation and track analysis of the newly found bones of the southern mammoths and dinosaurs. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 310, 953–958 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4969-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4969-0