title: Correlations between soil characteristics and radioactivity content of Vojvodina soil.
abstract: During the years 2001 and 2010, the content of238U,226Ra,232Th,40K and137Cs in agricultural soil and soil geochemical characteristics were measured on 50 locations in Northern Province of Serbia - Vojvodina. The locations for sampling were selected so that they proportionately represent all geomorphologic units in the region. The content of clay and humus varied within wide limits depending on soil type and influence the activity concentrations of radionuclides. In this paper we analyzed correlations between radionuclides content and geochemical characteristics of the soil. Possible influence of fertilizers on238U content in soil was discussed. The main conclusion is that measured maximal activity concentrations for238U (87 Bq/kg),226Ra (44.7 Bq/kg),232Th (55.5 Bq/kg) and137Cs (29 Bq/kg) at 30 cm depth could not endanger the safety of food production. The process of genesis of soil and cultivation mode plays a dominant role on the characteristics of the soil. The most significant correlation was found between the activity concentrations of40K and clay content in agricultural soil.
authors.affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. Electronic address: sofija@df.uns.ac.rs.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forkapic
authors.affiliation: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vasin
authors.affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bikit
authors.affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mrdja
authors.affiliation: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Laboratory for Radioactivity and Dose Measurements, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bikit
authors.affiliation: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milić
mesh_terms: D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011851:Radioactivity; D055771:Serbia; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
keywords: Clay; Cs-137; Humus; K-40; Ra-226; Soil radioactivity; Soil type; Th-232; U-238