A database of radionuclide activity and metal concentrations for the Alligator Rivers Region uranium province.
This paper presents a database of radionuclide activity and metal concentrations for the Alligator Rivers Region (ARR) uranium province in the Australian wet-dry tropics. The database contains 5060 sample records and 57,473 concentration values. The data are for animal, plant, soil, sediment and water samples collected by the Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS) as part of its statutory role to undertake research and monitoring into the impacts of uranium mining on the environment of the ARR. Concentration values are provided in the database for 11 radionuclides (227Ac,40K,210Pb,210Po,226Ra,228Ra,228Th,230Th,232Th,234U,238U) and 26 metals (Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, S, Sb, Se, Sr, Th, U, V, Zn). Potential uses of the database are discussed.
Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS), GPO Box 461, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia. Electronic address: che.doering@environment.gov.au.
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Doering
Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (ERISS), GPO Box 461, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia; Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS), 79098, Freiburg, Germany.
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Bollhöfer
D001315:Australia; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D014501:Uranium; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
D008670:Metals; D011868:Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium
Bush food; Database; Metals; Radionuclides; Tropical radioecology; Wildlife