Radioactivity, radiogenic heat production and environmental radiation risk of the Basement Complex rocks of Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria: insights from in …

AS Akingboye, AC Ogunyele, AT Jimoh… - Environmental Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Basement Complex rocks of Akungba-Akoko, southwestern Nigeria, typically
migmatites (M), biotite gneisses (BGN), granite gneisses (GGN), charnockites (Ch), biotite …

Applied gamma-ray spectrometry for evaluating tropical soil processes and attributes

DC de Mello, JAM Demattê, FA de Oliveira Mello… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Geophysical methods, such as gamma-ray spectrometry, have great potential to enhance
knowledge of the pedosphere (pedogenesis, pedogeochemistry and pedogeomorphology) …

Radiogeochemistry, uranium migration, and radiogenic heat of the granite gneisses in parts of the southwestern Basement Complex of Nigeria

AS Akingboye, O Ademila, CC Okpoli… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The radiogeochemistry of granite gneisses in Akunu-Akoko (AK) and Ayere (AY) areas of the
southwestern Basement Complex of Nigeria was studied using gamma-ray spectrometry …

In situ measurement of radionuclide concentrations (238U, 40K, 232Th) in middle Cretaceous rocks in Abakaliki–Ishiagu areas, southeastern Nigeria

IA Obasi, C Ogwah, AOI Selemo, JN Afiukwa… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
In situ measurement of the concentration of 40 K, 238 U, and 232 Th elements in shales,
pyroclastics, limestones, and dolerites in Abakaliki–Ishiagu areas was done using the …

An assessment of the environmental radiation risk from the petrologic units of north-eastern Nigeria; an insight from aero-radiometric data interpretation

A Yusuf, LH San, MA Mohammed, IS Bute… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Information regarding the radiation risk posed by radioactive emissions from the
petrologic units in North eastern Nigeria is extremely limited. Consequently, there has been …

Assessment of radionuclide concentrations (238U, 232Th, 40K) in the eruptive products of the Gölcük volcano (SW Turkey)

E Erbek-Kıran, O Çoban, Ö Elitok… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the natural radioactivity concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th, and 40 K in
the eruptive products of the Gölcük Volcano (SW Turkey) and its environmental radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation induced distinctions between radionuclide distribution in soils (Austria)

ECB Gottschling, H Lettner, AK Hubmer… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2019 and 2020, the layers-down to a maximum depth of 30 cm-of 43 soil samples
from different regions in Austria were measured gamma-spectrometrically to determine their …