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NT & RP Journal
RADIONUCLIDES' CONTENT IN FOREST ECOSYSTEM LOCATED IN SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF SERBIA
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Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, Pp. 107-209
June 2021
UDC 621.039+614.876:504.06
ISSN 1451-3994

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Pages: 192-196

Authors:
Sabahudin H. Hadrović, Igor T. Čeliković, Jelena D. Krneta Nikolić, Milica M. Rajačić, and Dragana J. Todorović

Abstract

The results of the gamma-spectrometric measurements in a 16500 ha large region of south-western Serbia, are presented. Activity concentrations of 40K, 137Cs, and 210Pb in different deciduous and evergreen trees in the region are investigated. For all the investigated isotopes, there is a tendency that, on average, the lowest activity concentrations were found in tree stems, then in leaves, while the highest ones were in the soil. Statistical analysis did not show any differences between activity concentrations of leaves and needles, showing that both leaves and needles could be equally well used as a biomonitors.

Key words: forest ecosystem, evergreen tree, deciduous tree, gamma-ray spectrometry, specific activity, 40K, 137Cs, 210Pb

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