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Determination of Heavy Metals and Comparison to Gross Radioactivity Concentration in Soil and Sediment Samples of the Bendimahi River Basin (Van, Turkey)

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An investigation of radioactivity and some heavy metal distribution in soil and sediment of the river basin (Bendimahi River, Van-Turkey) was conducted in two seasons of 2005. The samples of soil and sediment were collected from the basin and investigated for concentrations of some heavy metal and natural radioactivity. Concentrations of Pb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn and Cd have been determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), gross-alpha and gross-beta activity concentrations have been obtained by using gas-flow proportional counter in nuclear spectroscopic system. Correlation analysis was made for radioactivity and heavy metal concentrations and the Pearson correlation coefficients between gross-alpha and gross-beta radioactivity and heavy metal were determined.

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This work was supported by the University of Yuzuncu Yil Scientific Research Projects Support Unit under Project No. 2005-FED-D29 and SPO (State Planning Organization) under Project No. 2005-DPT-FED1. The authors are grateful to Turkish Republic Prime Ministry State Planning Organization (SPO) for their financial support. We also would like to thank to Hayrettin OKUT for his helping on statistical analysis.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Yuzuncu Yıl, 65080, Van, Turkey

    Özlem Selçuk Zorer & Hasan Ceylan

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Fırat, 23169, Elazığ, Turkey

    Mahmut Doğru

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Selçuk Zorer, Ö., Ceylan, H. & Doğru, M. Determination of Heavy Metals and Comparison to Gross Radioactivity Concentration in Soil and Sediment Samples of the Bendimahi River Basin (Van, Turkey). Water Air Soil Pollut 196, 75–87 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9758-0

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