Investigation of the radiation risk to the inhabitants in the region close to the hydrothermal alteration site, Gumushane/Turkey
Keywords:
Radiation exposure, exposure risks, gydrothermally alteration areas, Demiroren (Gumushane, NE Turkey).
Abstract
Today, there is sensitivity in the society about human-induced environmental risks and this sensitivity is shown in many things we eat, drink and wear. This sensitivity has become so prioritized that in some cases the environmental risks of natural origin are in the shadow. In some cases, environmental impacts of natural origin can be more dangerous even if people are not aware of it. These include carcinogenic minerals, heavy metal contamination and / or natural radiation in the environments where people live. This study is aimed at evaluating the radiation exposure risks of inhabitants in the site close to hydrothermally alterated area, Demiroren, Gumushane-Turkey. For this purpose, forty-nine soil samples were collected from the hydrothermally alterated Demirören area and analyzed for uranium, thorium (238U and 232Th) and potassium (40K). The distributions of the activities of 238U, 232Th and 40K in soil samples from the study site were evaluated using some statistics parameters and global average values of those elements. The activities range from 0,70 to 4,20 ppm for 238U with an average of 2,43 ppm, 2,80 to 13,20 ppm for 232Th with an average of 9,02 ppm, and 0,82% to 4,11% for 40K with an average of 2,41% respectively. The obtained results for those elements are generally for lots of sample locations greater than the global average values of them. The concentrations were converted into respective concentration to Becquerel per kilogram (Bq kg-1) using associated equations. It was affirmed from the statistical analysis that the radiological hazards occur as a result of contributions from the three naturally occurring radionuclides (that is, thorium, uranium and potassium). The values obtained in this study revealed that the sampled locations are contaminated zones for villager situated close to hydrothermally alterated areas.
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[31] Eyuboğlu, Y., Dudas, F.O., Thorkelson, D., Zhu, D.C., Liu, Z., Chatterjee, N., Yi, K., Santosh, M. Eocene granitoids of northern Turkey: Polybaric magmatism in an evolving arc–slab window system. Gondwana Research 2017; 50: 311-345.
[32] Kaygusuz, A., Yücel, C., Arslan, M., Sipahi, F., Temizel, İ., Çakmak, G.,, Güloğlu, Z.S. Petrography, mineral chemistry and crystallization conditions of Cenozoic plutonic rocks located to the north of Bayburt (Eastern Pontides, Turkey), Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 2018a; 157: 75-102.
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[34] Temizel, İ., Arslan, M., Yücel, C., Abdioğlu Yazar, E., Kaygusuz, A., Aslan, Z. Eocene tonalite–granodiorite from the Havza (Samsun) area, northern Turkey: Adakite-like melts of lithospheric mantle and crust generated in a post-collisional setting. International Geology Review 2019: doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2019.1625077.
[35] Vural, A. K-Ar dating for determining the age of mineralization as alteration product: A case study of antimony mineralization vein type in granitic rocks of Gümüşhane area, Turkey. Acta Physica Polonica A 2017; 132, 3: 792–795, 2017.
[36] Vural, A., Ersen, F. Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of manganese mineralization in Gumushane, Turkey. Journal of Engineering Research and Applied Science 2019; 8, June: 1051–1059.
[37] Korkmaz, S., Tüysüz, N., Er, M., Musaoğlu, A., Keskin, İ. Stratigraphy of Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey. In: Erler, A., et al. (Eds.), Geology of Black Sea Region Proce. of the Inter. Symp. On the Geology of Black Sea Region. MTA, Ankara 1995: 59-66.
[38] Okay, A.I., Şahintürk, Ö., Yakar, H. Stratigraphy and tectonics of the Pulur (Bayburt) Region in the Eastern Pontides, Mineral Research Exploration Bulletin 1997; 119: 1-24.
[39] Aydın, F., Karslı, O., Chen, B. Petrogenesis of the Neogene alkaline volcanics with implications for post-collisional lithospheric thinning of the Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey. Lithos 2008; 104: 249-266.
[40] Yücel, C., Arslan, M., Temizel, İ., Abdioğlu Yazar, E., Ruffet, G. Evolution of K-rich magmas derived from a net veined lithospheric mantle in an ongoing extensional setting: Geochronology and geochemistry of Eocene and Miocene volcanic rocks from Eastern Pontides (Turkey). Gondwana Research 2017; 45: 65-86.
[41] Kaygusuz, A. K/Ar ages and geochemistry of the post-collisional volcanic rocks in the Ilıca (Erzurum) area, eastern Turkey. Neues Jahrbuch Für Mineralogie 2009; 186/1: 21-36.
[42] Kaygusuz, A., Aslan, Z., Aydınçakır, E., Yücel, C., Gücer, M.A., Şen, C. Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope characteristics of the Miocene to Pliocene volcanic rocks from the Kandilli (Erzurum) area, Eastern Anatolia (Turkey): Implications for magma evolution in extension-related origin. Lithos 2018b; 296/299: 332-351.
[43] Güner, S., Yazıcı, E., Dursun, Ö., Akyürek, S. Gümüşhane-Demirören sahasının maden jeolojisi raporu. 2012; Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara, Türkiye.
[44] IEAE, Construction and use of calibration facilities for radiometric field equipment, Vienna, 1989.
[45] Omeje, M., Wagiran, H., İbrahim, N., Lee, S. K., Sabris, S. Comparison of activity concentration of 238U, 232Th and 40K in different layers of subsurface structures in Dei-Dei and Kubwa, Abuja Northcentral Nigeria. Radiation Physic and Chemistry 2013; 91: 70–80.
[46] Chandrasankaran, A., Ravisankar, R., Senthilkumar, G., Thillaivelavan, K., Dhinakaran, B., Vijayagopal, P., Bramha, S.N., Venkatraman, B. Spatial distribution and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in Yelagiri Hills, Tamilnadu, India. Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Science 2014; 1: 38 – 48.
[47] Sartandel, S. J., Jha, S. K., Bara, S. V., Tripathi, R. M., Puranik, V.D. Spatial distribution of uranium and thorium in the surface soil around proposed uranium mining site at lambapur and its vertical profile in the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 2009; 100: 831 – 834.
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2019-12-31
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Vural, A. (2019). Investigation of the radiation risk to the inhabitants in the region close to the hydrothermal alteration site, Gumushane/Turkey. Journal of Engineering Research and Applied Science, 8(2), 1168-1176. Retrieved from http://www.journaleras.com/index.php/jeras/article/view/171
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