A study of natural radioactivity of rock meals used for soil fertilization

•Granite and basalt meals are used as fertilizers due to their mineral composition.•Unfortunately, they are rich in radionuclides which may pose radioactive hazard.•Granite meals have higher content of 40K, 226Ra and 232Th than basalt meals.•Radioactive hazard indices exceed the permissible values i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Catena (Giessen) 2024-06, Vol.241, p.107959, Article 107959
Hauptverfasser:	Łukaszek-Chmielewska, Aneta, Piotrowska, Barbara, Isajenko, Krzysztof, Lipiński, Paweł, Podleśna, Anna, Lewicka, Sylwia, Rachwał, Marzena
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	basalt catenas Fertilizers gamma radiation granite humans Natural radioactivity people Potassium radioactivity Radium Rock meals soil spectroscopy Thorium
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