A review on radionuclide pollution in global soils with environmental and health hazards evaluation

K Chandra, R Proshad, HC Dey, AM Idris - … geochemistry and health, 2023 - Springer
Human populations are being exposed to a wide spectrum of radiation from soils as a result
of the availability of radiation sources. Assessing the ecological and health effects of …

Interpretation of magnetic anomalies by simple geometrical structures using the manta-ray foraging optimization

UC Ben, SE Ekwok, AE Akpan, CC Mbonu… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, a geophysical strategy based on the recently proposed Manta-Ray Foraging
(MRF) Optimization algorithm is adapted and presented for the blind computation of …

A modified zeolite (Na2SO4@ zeolite NaA) as a novel adsorbent for radium-226,228 from acidic radioactive wastewater: Synthesis, characterization and testing

TK Abbas, ZH Ibrahim, K Mustafa, RA Al-Juboori… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The radiological contamination with radium in oil and gas production is challenging
environmental and health concerns. This study investigated the synthesis of zeolite NaA …

[HTML][HTML] Novel technique for the interpretation of gravity anomalies over geologic structures with idealized geometries using the Manta ray foraging optimization

UC Ben, AE Akpan, EO Enyinyi, E Awak - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the potential and efficacy of adapting the bioinspired Manta ray foraging
optimization algorithm (MRFO) as a tool for estimating model parameters of two-dimensional …

Measurement of natural radioactivity and assessment of radiological hazard indices of soil over the lithologic units in ile-Ife area, south-West Nigeria

DT Esan, Y Ajiboye, RI Obed, J Ojo… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The distribution of natural radioactivity levels of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in soils overlying the
3 lithologic units within Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria was investigated to …

Radionuclides Determination and Hazard Indices Assessment of NORM Contaminated Soil for Oil Fields in Southern Iraq

ZH Ibrahim, AH Al-Mashhadani - Iraqi Journal of Science, 2024 - ijs.uobaghdad.edu.iq
Oil and gas extraction greatly impacts the environment due to the existence of natural
radionuclides in crude oil. Uncontrolled dealing with the extraction can lead to radiological …

Analysis of internal gamma-ray dose to the public from brick as building material in Tamil Nadu, India

S Karthikayini, A Chandrasekaran - Radiation Protection …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Natural radioactivity due to 238U, 232Th and 40K in brick samples from Tamil Nadu was
determined using gamma-ray spectrometry. The mean activity concentrations of 238U …

Radiological assessment of urban soil samples in the residents of a central Anatolian volcanic province, Turkey

Ş Turhan - International Journal of Environmental Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The concentration of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides, emanation fraction (EF), and
mass (χM) and area (χA) exhalation rate of 222Rn in urban soil samples collected from …

Assessment of natural radioactivity levels and hazard indicators in Tarakeshwor Municipality, Nepal through in-situ technique and multivariate analysis

DR Upadhyay, A Phuyal, SM Tajudin, R Khanal - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The evaluation of primordial radionuclide concentrations in rapidly urbanized and concrete-
laden areas through the importation of construction materials from various regions of Nepal …

Radiometric and health risk assessment of building materials collected from Tamil Nadu using gamma-ray spectrometry

S Karthikayini, A Chandrasekaran - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The radiometric analysis was carried out on different building materials collected from Tamil
Nadu, using gamma-ray spectroscopy with NaI (Tl) detector. The mean activity …