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dc.contributor.authorTzortzis, M.en
dc.contributor.authorTsertos, Haralambosen
dc.creatorTzortzis, M.en
dc.creatorTsertos, Haralambosen
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T15:34:40Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T15:34:40Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/59193
dc.description.abstractHigh-resolution γ-ray spectrometry was exploited to determine naturally occurring thorium (Th), uranium (U) and potassium (K) elemental concentrations in the whole area covered by the Troodos Ophiolite Complex of Cyprus. For that purpose, a total of 59 samples from surface soils and 10 from the main rock formations of the region of interest were analysed. Elemental concentrations were determined for Th (range from 2.5×10-3 to 2.0 ppm), U (from 8.1×10-4 to 0.6 ppm), and K (from 1.3 × 10-4% to 1.0%). The average values (A.M±S.D.) derived are (0.24±0.34) ppm, (0.10±0.10) ppm and (0.21±0.24)%, for Th, U, and K, respectively, in the soils, and (0.52±0.17) ppm, (0.17±0.11) ppm and (0.49±0.87)% in the rocks. From these values, a radioactivity (radioelement) loss of nearly 50% is estimated in the underlying surface soils due to leaching and eluviation during weathering of the rocks. The measured Th/U ratio exhibits values between 2 and 4, whereas the K/Th ratio is highly variable ranging between 1.5×103 and 3.0×104. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
dc.sourceJournal of Geochemical Explorationen
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-12344298531&doi=10.1016%2fj.gexplo.2004.09.003&partnerID=40&md5=ccf15f2dbd7db1b22107df4a101c184c
dc.subjectCyprusen
dc.subjectAsiaen
dc.subjectEurasiaen
dc.subjectMiddle Easten
dc.subjectRocksen
dc.subjectSurface chemistryen
dc.subjectSoilsen
dc.subjectTroodos Mountainsen
dc.subjectUraniumen
dc.subjectPotassiumen
dc.subjectThoriumen
dc.subjectradionuclideen
dc.subjectNatural radioactivityen
dc.subjectEastern Hemisphereen
dc.subjectElemental concentrationen
dc.subjectGamma radiationen
dc.subjectGamma ray spectrometersen
dc.subjectgamma ray spectrometryen
dc.subjectGeochemistryen
dc.subjectophioliteen
dc.subjectRadioactive elementsen
dc.subjectRadioactivity lossen
dc.subjectRadioelementsen
dc.subjectRock formationsen
dc.subjectSurface soilsen
dc.subjectTroodis Ophiolite Complex, Cyprusen
dc.subjectTroodos Ophioliteen
dc.subjectweatheringen
dc.subjectWorlden
dc.titleNatural radioelement concentration in the Troodos Ophiolite Complex of Cyprusen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gexplo.2004.09.003
dc.description.volume85
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.startingpage47
dc.description.endingpage54
dc.author.facultyΣχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
dc.author.departmentΤμήμα Φυσικής / Department of Physics
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.source.abbreviationJ.Geochem.Explor.en
dc.contributor.orcidTsertos, Haralambos [0000-0001-5966-343X]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0001-5966-343X


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