title: Activity concentration of caesium-137 in agricultural soils.
abstract: In this study, we measured 137Cs activity concentrations in the soil samples taken from agricultural lands in the Buyuk Menderes Basin in Turkey in 1997 and 1998. The soil samples were collected from 42 sites in this Basin. The activity concentration of 137Cs was found to range between 2.81+/-0.17 Bq.kg(-1) and 20.75+/-0.29 Bq.kg(-1). The effect of organic matter, clay, silt and sand contents and pH of the soil on the relative adsorption of the 137Cs on the soil surface were also studied.
authors.affiliation: Ege University, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. aslani@bornova.ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mahmoud A A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aytas
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akyil
authors.forename: Gunseli
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yaprak
authors.forename: Gungor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yener
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eral
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002586:Cesium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D000077215:Clay; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D002586:Cesium; D000077215:Clay