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Evaluation of gross-α, gross-β, U, Th and K values in groundwater and related health hazards: a case study, Arıklı mineralization area and its surroundings, Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Turkey

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Variation of natural radioactivity level in the ground waters in the Arıklı uranium mineralization area, were investigated together with gross-α, gross-β, U, Th, K, EC and pH values. The U, Th and K values, which are mainly controlled by the geological features, varied over a wide range from 0.29 to 31.29 µg/L, 0.01–0.27 μg/L and from 0.44 to 37.29 mg/L, respectively. Although the U values of some water samples are higher than the WHO safe limits (15 ppb), all values of the gross-α and -β activity values and annual effective dose rates are lower than the drinking water safety limits of WHO (0.5 Bq/L, 1.0 Bq/L and 0.1 mSv/y, respectively).

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This research was supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Istanbul Technical University (project number: MGA-2018-41483).

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    Yüksel Örgün Tutay, Cemile Erarslan & Zekiye Karacık

  2. Solid Earth Sciences, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazağa Campus, 34469, Istanbul, Maslak, Turkey

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  3. Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, PhD School of Environmental Sciences, Turkey and Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, 2100, Gödöllö, Hungary

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  4. Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Hakkari University, Merkez, Hakkari, Turkey

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Örgün Tutay, Y., Erarslan, C., Top, G. et al. Evaluation of gross-α, gross-β, U, Th and K values in groundwater and related health hazards: a case study, Arıklı mineralization area and its surroundings, Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Turkey. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 65–78 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08097-w

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