The investigationoftoxicelement pollution and radioactivity analysesofmarinesediments in the gulfofgemlik(Bursa,Turkey)

Z. Yümün; E. Kam; A. R. Dinçer; M. Önce; S. Yümün

doi:10.15666/aeer/1902_881900

The investigationoftoxicelement pollution and radioactivity analysesofmarinesediments in the gulfofgemlik(Bursa,Turkey)

Z. Yümün^*, E. Kam, A. R. Dinçer, M. Önce, S. Yümün

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Abstract

In this study, the Toxic element pollution and radioactivity of marine sediments in the Gulf of Gemlik was determined. Enrichment factor (EF) and Pollution index (PI) analyses have been applied to determine toxic element pollution. According to the enrichment factor results, the EFNi in BH-1 was between 3 < EFNi <5, and the other EF values are all below 3. In radionuclide analysis, the Ra-226 and Th-232 values were found to be below the global average value in all locations. It is estimated that the K-40 values, which are above the world average values in the BH-1 drillings, are due to the intensive agricultural activities in that part of the study area. Cs-137 values were found to be 5.3 Bq/kg in the BH-1/1 drilling location. This finding is very important in terms of environmental pollution. In other locations, samples have been found to be below the Cs-137 MDA. The K-40 value has been found to be the highest in Kurşunlu. The Th-232 value has been found to be highest in Fıstıklı, which was below the world average value. There is a parallel between Pollution Index, Enrichment Factor and Radioactivity analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	881-900
Number of pages	20
Journal	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1902_881900
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Funding

The authors thank the RORO Company and the Gemlik Harbour Authority for their support, and the Namık Kemal University Central Research Laboratory (NABİLTEM) for the geochemical analysis, and the Çekmece Nuclear Energy Agency for radiological analysis. The author also thanks Yıldız Technical University Scientific Research Projects Commission for accepting and financing this study (Project no: FBA-2018-3351) and Tekirdağ Namik Kemal University Scientific Research Projects Commission for accepting and financing this study (Project no: NKUBAP.42.GA.19.193). Acknowledgements. The authors thank the RORO Company and the Gemlik Harbour Authority for their support, and the Namık Kemal University Central Research Laboratory (NABİLTEM) for the geochemical analysis, and the Çekmece Nuclear Energy Agency for radiological analysis. The author also thanks Yıldız Technical University Scientific Research Projects Commission for accepting and financing this study (Project no: FBA-2018-3351) and Tekirdağ Namik Kemal University Scientific Research Projects Commission for accepting and financing this study (Project no: NKUBAP.42.GA.19.193)

Funders	Funder number
Gemlik Harbour Authority
NABİLTEM
Namık Kemal University Central Research Laboratory
Tekirdağ Namik Kemal University Scientific Research Projects Commission	19.193, NKUBAP.42
Yıldız Technical University Scientific Research Projects Commission	FBA-2018-3351
Çekmece Nuclear Energy Agency

Keywords

Elements
Enrichment factors
Gemlike
Holocene sediment
Marmara Sea
Radioactive pollution

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