IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tjomxx/v9y2013i3p438-443.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Total natural radioactivity, Tuscany, Italy

Author

Listed:
  • Ivan Callegari
  • Gian Pietro Bezzon
  • Carlo Broggini
  • Gian Paolo Buso
  • Antonio Caciolli
  • Luigi Carmignani
  • Tommaso Colonna
  • Giovanni Fiorentini
  • Enrico Guastaldi
  • Merita Kaçeli Xhixha
  • Fabio Mantovani
  • Giovanni Massa
  • Roberto Menegazzo
  • Liliana Mou
  • Altair Pirro
  • Carlos Rossi Alvarez
  • Virginia Strati
  • Gerti Xhixha
  • Alessandro Zanon

Abstract

In this paper, we report an extensive survey of the natural radioactive content of rocks of the Tuscany Region (Italy): this permitted the first total natural radioactivity map of the region. The sampling was planned using the geological map of Tuscany at scale 1:250,000, which contains 45 distinct geological groups recognized by tectonic and stratigraphic features. Each geological group was characterized for the total activity by measuring the activity concentrations of -super-40K, -super-238U and -super-232Th in 865 samples using a high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray spectrometer. The average areal distribution of samples is approximately one sample per 25 km-super-2. The radiometric map was constructed through the reclassification of each geological formation based on the median value of the total activity. Seven classes of total activity are identified by choosing percentiles almost evenly spread across the range of values. This map represents the starting point for future studies on natural background radiation, geochemical processes and epidemiological investigations.

Suggested Citation

  • Ivan Callegari & Gian Pietro Bezzon & Carlo Broggini & Gian Paolo Buso & Antonio Caciolli & Luigi Carmignani & Tommaso Colonna & Giovanni Fiorentini & Enrico Guastaldi & Merita Kaçeli Xhixha & Fabio M, 2013. "Total natural radioactivity, Tuscany, Italy," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 438-443, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:9:y:2013:i:3:p:438-443
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.802999
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17445647.2013.802999
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/17445647.2013.802999?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Stamford, Laurence & Azapagic, Adisa, 2014. "Life cycle environmental impacts of UK shale gas," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 506-518.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:9:y:2013:i:3:p:438-443. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/tjom20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.