| Literature DB >> 20678943 |
Murat Belivermiş1, Onder Kiliç, Yavuz Cotuk, Sayhan Topcuoğlu, Gülşah Kalayci, Didem Peştreli.
Abstract
In view of the lower radionuclide activities of moss and lichen, tree barks can be used as biomonitors of radioactive contamination, regardless of the contribution of soil uptake. The present study was conducted to determine the activity concentrations of (137)Cs, (40)K, (232)Th and (238)U in the barks of pine (Pinus nigra) and oak (Quercus petraea) trees collected from the Thrace region in Turkey. By considering the previous studies carried out in the same region, it is noticed that among lichen, moss, oak bark and pine bark, oak bark is the best accumulator of (137)Cs and natural radionuclides.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20678943 DOI： 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.07.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Radiat Isot ISSN： 0969-8043 Impact factor: 1.513